Saturday, June 1, 2013

Naval Happenings 150 years Ago: June 2nd to 4th, 1863

JUNE 2ND

CSS Alabama, after an 8-hour chase in the South Atlantic captures and burns Amazonian.


JUNE 3RD

Porter writes that he has sent six 8-inch guns up the Yazoo River to be placed where needed.


JUNE 3-4TH

Ram USS Switzerland reconnoitered the Atchafalaya River to Simmesport, Louisiana.  It came under heavy rifle and cannon fire and was hit seven times.


JUNE 4TH

USS Commodore Perry and other ships transported Union troops to Bluffton, SC.  The troops met strong resistance and the gunboats destroyed the town.

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