AUGUST 6TH, 1864: The Css Tallahassee, Commander Wood, ran out of Wilmington, North Carolina, and, after eluding Union blockaders off the bar, embarked on one of the most destructive commerce raiding cruises of the war.
Jefferson Davis later wrote: "This extemporaneous man-of-war... soon lit up the New England coast with her captures...."
In the next two weeks Wood, whom Davis called "an officer of extraordinary ability and enterprise," took or destroyed more than 30 ships.
--Old B-Runner
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