NOVEMBER 27TH, 1864: Ram USS Vindicator and USS Prairie Bird transported and covered a successful Union cavalry attack on Confederate communications and transportation in western Mississippi. Thirty miles of track and an important railroad bridge over the Big Black River, east of Vicksburg, were destroyed.
These two ships were in the 6th Division Mississippi Squadron.
Double-turret monitor USS Onondaga and single-turret USS Mahopac engaged Howlett's Battery on the James River, Virginia, for three hours. This was part of ongoing operations below Richmond.
A ship's boat from the USS Elk captured an unidentified small craft with a cargo of whiskey and opium near Mandeville, Louisiana.
--Old B-Runner
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