Capture of the Revere-- Part 6: Was It Running the Blockade?

The Revere was off course for a vessel sailing from Nassau to Baltimore as the captain claimed.

He had the captain, Henry Gage, open a package in his hold marked Harness which was found to contain soldier haversacks.  Another trunk was opened and found to contain shoes, thread, matches, tea, starch, stationery and other items worth of running the blockade.  These were all things getting scarce in the Confederacy at the time.

The captain even admitted that this was the second time he was captured.  The first time he spent seen months detained in New York.

Had he been in command of the Revere when it was captured in 1861?

Braine sent Acting master Brown in charge of a prize crew to New York for adjudication.

--Old B-Runner