MAY 23RD, 1865: The USS Azalea seized the British brig Sarah M. Newhall attempting to put into Savannah with a cargo of West Indies produce. She had cleared from Inagua, Bahamas, ostensibly for New York.
This didn't make sense as Savannah had essentially been closed to blockade running since the fall of Fort Pulaski in 1862. Perhaps the captain of the Newhall thought there would no longer be Unions ships here.
Who Knows? --Old B-Runner
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