DECEMBER 7TH, 1864: Blockade-Running steamer Stormy Petrel was run ashore and fired upon by gunboats of the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron while attempting to enter Wilmington. the ship was totally wrecked a few days later by a gale.
In his report of the incident, Rear Admiral Porter remarked: "In the last fifty days we have captured or destroyed $5,500,000 worth of the enemy's property in blockade runners. To submit to these losses and still run the blockade shows the immense gains the runners make and the straits the enemy are in."
The Noose is Tightening. --Old B-R'er
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