AUGUST 12TH, 1864: The CSS Tallahassee seized six more prizes while continuing her devastating cruise off the New York Coast. It burned the ships Atlantic, Adriatic and Spokane with cargoes of lumber. It attempted to scuttle the brig Billow with a cargo of lumber and released the bark Suliote and schooner Robert E. Parker on bond.
The Billow did not sink and was later retaken by the USS Grand Gulf, Commander Ransom, two days later.
--Old B-R'er
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