JANUARY 9th, 1864:
Amid growing Union concerns of Confederate torpedoes, President Lincoln granted an interview with a Captain Lavender, a New England mariner, to discuss a device for discovering and removing underwater obstructions. (Of course, in the Civil War, torpedoes were the equivalent of today's mines.)
Though many ideas for rendering Confederate torpedoes ineffective were advanced, none solved the problem, and torpedoes sank an increasing number of Union ships.
JANUARY 10TH, 1864:
Boat crews from the USS Roebuck captured blockade-running Confederate sloop Maria Louise with cargo of cotton off Jupiter Inlet, Florida.
--Old B-Runner
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