All things dealing with the Civil War Navies and actions along the coasts and rivers and against forts. Emphasis will be placed on Fort Fisher and all operations around Wilmington, NC. And, of course, the Blockade and Running the Blockade.
Friday, December 1, 2017
Action in North Carolina December 1862-- Part 1: Foster's Raid Begins
From the North Carolina Civil War Sesquicentennial site.
December
8-- Capture of sloop Coquette
9-- Federal naval demonstration on Blackwater and Nottoway rivers (Upper extension of the Chowan River into Virginia).
10. Confederates attack on Plymouth, including Federal naval operations.
FOSTER'S RAID 11-20. Casualties roughly 1,055 on both sides.
11-22 Expedition from New Bern to Goldsboro.
11. Skirmish at Kinston Road
11-12.. Skirmish at Kinston Road.
--Old B-Runner
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