"When blockade-runners were spotted slipping out of an inlet, bar tenders capable of sudden bursts of speed, gave immediate chase while also sending up flares to alert companion blockaders.
In many cases these small steamers could overhaul and cut off the fast, but heavily loaded blockade-runners from escape. The bar tenders with their smaller coal storage capability relied on large steamers to refill their bunkers."
Being posted that close in to the bar, was the reason the Violet ended up as a wreck.
--Old B-R'er
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