JUNE 27TH, 1862: The USS Bohio, Acting master W.D. Gregory, captured sloop Wave, bound from Mobile to Mississippi City with cargo of flour.
** USS Bienville, Commander Mullany, captured schooner Morning Star off Wilmington, North Carolina.
** USS Cambridge, Commander W.A. Parker, chased blockade runner Modern Greece ashore off Fort Fisher, guarding Wilmington, where she was subsequently destroyed with a cargo of gunpowder, rifled cannons and other arms.
The discovery of the wreck in the 1960s kicked off a new age in Underwater Archaeology.
--Old B-Runner
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