JUNE 12TH
The CSS Clarence, Lt. Read, captured bark Tacony off Cape Hatteras and shortly afterwards, the schooner M.A. Shindler. Read transferred his command to the Tacony, considering it a better ship. In the process, he captured another schooner, the Kate Stewart which he bonded. He then sank the Clarence and Shindler.
Right after that, he captured the brig Arabella and bonded it.
Thus ending the brief career of the CSS Clarence. In one week, it hadcaptured six prizes, sinking three, bonding two and the sixth became the CSS Tacony and set out on its own cruise.
JUNE 13TH
CSS Georgia captured bark Good Hope and burned it the next day.
JUNE 13-15TH
Confederate guerrillas attacked two Union ships near Eunice, Arkansas. In retaliation, the town was destroyed. On the 15th, they destroyed the town of Gaines for a similar attack.
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