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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