Wednesday, May 20, 2015

Capture and Destruction of CSS Le Compt

MAY 24TH, 1865:  The USS Cornubia captured and destroyed the CSS Le Compt off Galveston.  The Confederate schooner which had been used as a port guard ship, was abandoned by her crew as the Cornubia approached her.

The Le Compt drifted ashore, bilged, and he next day was reported "a total wreck."

--Old B-R'er

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