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, May 1, 2014
Union Navy Operating in the York and Pamunkey Rivers
MAY 1ST, 1864: USS Morse and General Putnam convoy 2,500 troops up the York River to West Point where the soldiers landed and occupied the town. The USS Shawsheen joined them and patrolled the Pamunkey River with the General Putnam.
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