AUGUST 1-4, 1864: Landing party under Commander George M. Colvocoresses, 115 men. raided a meeting of civilians forming a coastal guard at McIntosh County Court House, Georgia. They marched overland after coming ashore the night of Aigust 2nd, destroyed a bridge to prevent being cut off by Confederate cavalry, and captured 26 prisoners and 22 horses before making their way back to the USS Saratoga.
The Commander had seen the meeting notice in a captured Savannah newspaper. Said Rear Admiral Dahlgren: "...feeling considerable interest in the object of the meeting, concluded that he would attend it also, which he did, with a number of United States citizens [from the Saratoga].
"Captain Colvocoresses then read to the meeting from the newspaper the order of Colonel Gaulden [CSA] for their assembling, and regretting that the Colonel had failed to attend, he invited the meeting to accompany him, which they did, and arrived safely on the Saratoga, where they meet daily under the United States flag."
The Confederate Col. Gaulden heard about this and published a letter in the Savannah Republican adding a challenge to the observant Union officer: "As the Captain seems to be a reader of your paper, I take the opportunity to make my compliments to him and say that when he calls to see me again I shall be at home, and will try and give him a more respectful reception."
Hetting Their Jollies In, I Suppose. --Old B-Runner
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