All things dealing with the Civil War Navies and actions along the coasts and rivers and against forts. Emphasis will be placed on Fort Fisher and all operations around Wilmington, NC. And, of course, the Blockade and Running the Blockade.
Thursday, September 5, 2013
150 Years Ago: September 10th to 13th, 1863
SEPTEMBER 10TH-- Little Rock, Arkansas, captured by Union Army. Union naval forces operating on the White River.
SEPTEMBER 12TH-- USS Eugenie captured b-r Alabama off Chadeleur Islands, Louisiana
** Blockade Runner Fox destroyed by own crew to prevent capture by USS Genesee.
SEPTEMBER 13TH-- USS Cimarron captures British b-r Jupiter at Wassaw Sound, Georgia.
** Some 20 crew members from the USS Rattler captured by Confederate cavalry while attending church services at Rodney, Mississippi.
** USS De Soto, captured steamer Montgomery in the Gulf of Mexico.
That Will Teach You to Go to Church. --Old B-Runner
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