DECEMBER 2ND:
Boat expedition from the USS Restless reconnoitered Lake Ocala, Florida. They found salt works in the area and destroyed them with the report: "They were in the practice of turning out 130 bushels of salt daily."
Besides this, they destroyed the boilers and threw a large quantity of salt into the lake. Two large flatboats and 6 ox carts were demolished and 17 prisoners taken. These destructive raids took place continuously along the Southern coast and had a lasting negative effect on the Confederate war effort.
DECEMBER 3RD:
The USS New London captured the blockade runner schooner Del Nile near Padre Pass Island, Texas, with cargo of coffee, sugar and percussion caps.
--Old B-Runner
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