Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Seizing Vessels in North Carolina

MAY 22ND, 1865:  Commander Macomb, commanding the Albemarle Sond, reported U.S. Picket Boat No. 5 had seized steamers Skirwan, Cotton Plant, Fisher and Egypt Mills, as well as a small, unfinished steamer near Halifax, North Carolina on the Roanoke River.

--Old B-R'er+

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