In the last post, I mentioned that the Civil War Naval Chronology had it listed on July 29, 1863, that the USS Niphon captured the blockade-runner Banshee at New Inlet, North Carolina. While looking for more information on the Banshee, I found a bit of a discrepancy in that several sources had the Banshee being captured by the USS Grand Gulf and US Army Transport Fulton on November 21, 1863 while en route to Wilmington.
I also found several more sources listing the Niphon as capturing it in July. The CW Naval Chronology also had the two ships capturing the Banshee in November.
When was it captured? Maybe I will find out, maybe not.
Just the Facts, --Old B-Runner
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