JUNE 16-17TH, 1864: USS Commodore Perry shelled Fort Clifton, Virginia, at the request of General Butler. Bombardment of Confederate defenses along the James River were almost a daily thing.
JUNE 17TH, 1864: The CSS Florida, Lt. Morris, captured and burned the brtig W.C. Clarke bound from Machias, Maine to Mantanzas with cargo of lumber.
--Old B-Runner
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