MAY 25TH, 1865: Rear Admiral Thatcher reported that this date the defensive works at Sabine Pass, Texas, were evacuated and that the United Sates flag was hoisted at Forts Manahasset and Griffin. The flags were raised by men from the USS Owasco.
MAY 25TH, 1865: The USS Vanderbilt arrived at Hampton Roads with the captured Confederate ram Columbia in tow. She was one of the largest ironclads built by the Confederacy but had never seen service as she grounded when be outfitted at Charleston on 12 January.
The Columbia was captured when Charleston capitulated and was subsequently salvaged February 17-18.
--Old B-Runner
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