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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