OCTOBER 5TH, 1861: Two boats from the USS Louisiana, Lieutenant A. Murray, destroyed a Confederate schooner being fitted out as a privateer at Chincoteague Inlet, Virginia. The Louisiana was later used as the powder ship blown up at Fort Fisher in 1864.
** The USS Monticello, Lt. Daniel L. Braine, drove off Confederate troops and steamers attacking Union soldiers in the vicinity of Hatteras Inlet.
--Old B-Runner
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