MAY 6-7TH, 1862: The USS Wachusett, Commander W. Smith, USS Chocura and Sebago escorted Army transports up the York River, supported the landing at West Point, Virginia, and countered a Confederate attack with accurate gunfire.
The USS Currituck, Acting master William F. Shankland, sent on a reconnaissance of the Pamunkey River by Smith on the 6th, captured the American Coaster and Planter the next day.
Shankland reported that some twenty schooners had been sunk and two gunboats burned by the Confederates above West Point.
--Old B-Runner
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