Tuesday, August 20, 2013
Naval Happenings 150 Years Ago: August 5-6th, 1863
AUGUST 5TH
A detachment of Marines arrived to the Union fleet off Charleston. Admiral Dahlgren then cut the number of Marines on each ship to a minimum and organized a 500-man unit under Major Jacob Zeilin and placed them ashore on Morris Island with orders to be ready to move at a moment's notice.
The CSS Alabama captures Sea Bride off Cape of Good Hope
AUGUST 6TH
CSS Florida captured and released on bond the ship Francis B. Cutting in the mid North Atlantic.
--Old B-R'er
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