NOVEMBER 2ND, 1864: Paddle-wheelers USS Key West and USS Towah, patrolling the Tennessee River, encountered the Undine and Venus, which the Confederates had captured three days earlier.
After a heated running engagement, the Venus was retaken, but Undine, though badly damaged, escaped. Carrying Confederate troops, the Undine outran her pursuers and gained the protection of Confederate batteries at Reynoldsburg Island, near Johnsonville, Tennessee.
--Old B-R'er
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