MAY 27TH, 1865: Rear Admiral Stribling, commanding the East Gulf Squadron, reported to Secretary Welles the surrender of the CSS Spray. The Confederate gunboat had been stationed in the St. Marks River guarding the water approaches to Tallahassee, Florida.
The Spray's commander, Lt. Henry H. Lewis surrendered the vessel upon learning that Confederate troops at Tallahassee had surrendered.
--Old B-Runner
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