DECEMBER 24TH:
Commander Catesby C. ap R. Jones replied to Admiral Buchanan that the guns for the CSS Tennessee would be sent from Selma Gun Foundry "as soon as they are ready." He exclaimed that there had been an accidental explosion which destroyed several cannon molds.
He continued that work at his factory there was dangerous and tossed in his hat to command the Tennessee.
** The CSS Alabama captured and burned the Texan Star in the Strait of Malacca.
DECEMBER 25, 1863:
Confederate batteries on John's Island attack USS Marblehead near Legareville, SC, in the Stono River. The USS Pawnee and mortar schooner C.P. Williams assisted and forced the enemy to withdraw.
** USS Daylight and Howquah transported troops from Beaufort, NC, to Bear Inlet where they destroyed four extensive salt works.
--Old B-Runner
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