NOVEMBER 30-DECEMBER 4TH, 1864: Acting on intelligence that Union prisoners were attempting to reach blockading ships after having escaped from a prisoner train en route to Savannah, five boats and nearly 100 men from the USS Ethan Allen and Dai Ching, scoured the South Altamaha River, South Carolina, without finding any of the reported escapees.
After encountering and engaging a considerable Confederate force, they were compelled to withdraw to their ships.
--Old B-Runner
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