JANUARY 24TH, 1865: At mid-morning, the CSS Stonewall, Captain T.J. Page, put into Quiberon Bay to rendezvous with the blockade-runner City of Richmond. The two ships remained there until January 28th when the Stonewall, still short on coal but unable to obtain more, "considered it prudent to sail."
The City of Rchmond remained with the ironclad, but by the morning of the 30th had become separated by five miles in heavy weather. Page signaled Commander davidson on the City of Richmond that he was short of coal and intended to put into Ferrol, Spain. The City of Richmond continued on to Bermuda.
--Old B-R'er
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