JUNE 8TH
Confederates board and capture the steam tug Boston at Pass a l'Outre, Mississippi, and put out to sea, capturning two Union barks. It then runs into Mobile on June 11th.
CSS Georgia captures ship George Griswold off Rio de Janeiro.
JUNE 9TH
Union mortar boats continue to bombard Vicksburg. From dawn until noon, they fired 175 shells into the city.. The next day, just 75 shots were fired because of heavy rain. Porter write Welles, "Not a soul is to be seen moving in the city, the soldiers lying in their trenches or pits, and the inhabitants being stowed in caves or holes dug out in the cliffs....Vicksburg must fall without anything more being done to it. I only wonder it has held out so long...."
CSS Clarence, Lt. Charles Read, captured and burned the Mary Alvina. Read determines that his plan to attack Union shipping at Hampton Roads would be too dangerous after interrogating the prisoners. He decides to raise havoc with shipping along the Union's coast.The Clarence makes four Confederate cruisers out on the high seas: Georgia, Florida and Alabama.
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