Blockade Runners Captured

OCTOBER 19TH, 1864:  The USS Mobile captured the schooner Emily off San Luis Pass, Texas, with a cargo of 150 bales of cotton.

OCTOBER 19-20TH, 1864:  Boat expedition from the USS Stars and Stripes, ascends the Ocklockonee River in western Florida and destroyed an extensive Confederate fishery on Marsh's Island, capturing a detachment of soldiers assigned to guard the works.

In small and large operations, assault from the sea destroyed the South's resources.

OCTOBER 21ST, 1864:  The USS Fort Jackson, Captain Sands, captured blockade running British schooner Wando at sea east of Cape Romain, S.C., with cargo of cotton.

USS Sea Bird captured blockade running British schooner Lucy off Anclote Keys, Florida, with assorted cargo.

--Old B-R'er