Fort Casey-- Part 3: Another Civil War Confederate General Was There

One notable officer who served there  for awhile was a young lieutenant in 1850,  Thomas Jackson.  You know, "Stonewall" Jackson.

--Old B-R'er

Fort Casey, Florida-- Part 2: A Short Life for the Fort But a Strong North Carolina Connection and 3 Future Confederate Generals

From Wikipedia.

In 1848, the War Department determined the need for the selection of a new fort at Charlotte Harbor, Florida, to assist in the removal of Native Americans (Seminoles) from the region on Florida's Gulf Coast.

Fort Brooke (in present-day Tampa) commander Major W.W. Morris and Captain John Charles Casey, with other officers, examined the area November  15-22, 1848, and then on January 20, 1949, recommended the island of Giuseppe, now Useppa, as the most suitable location.

The post was established 3 January 1850.  I imagine it must have been named after Captain John Casey.  Brevet Major R.C. Gatlin was the first commander with 108 men of Companies C and F of the 7th Infantry Regiment garrisoned the fort.  (Richard Caswell Gatlin was a North Carolinean West Point graduate who became a Confederate general and for a time was in charge of North Carolina coast defenses.  His maternal grandfather was North Carolina's 1st governor, Richard Caswell.)

The companies were commanded by Brevet 2nd Lieutenant E.D. Stockton and 1st Lieutenant Earl Van Dorn, respectively.  C,H. Crane served as Assistant Surgeon.  (Earl Van Dorn later became a Confederate general.)

On April 7, 1850,  Brevet Major T.H. Holmes took command.  (Theophilus Hunter Holmes later became a Confederate general.  He commanded in North Carolina for awhile and Fort Holmes on Smith Island, now Bald Head Island, was named for him.) Soon afterwards, the 7th Infantry left for Missouri and were replaced by 60 men from Company C, 4th Artillery.

On November 10, 1850, Brevet Brigadier General Thomas Childs of the 1st Artillery arrived at the fort and closed it.  (Childs, 1796-1853, was a career Army officer and was stationed at Fort Johnston at Smithville, now Southport, N.C. in 1843.)

--Old B-Runner

Fort Casey, Florida-- Part 1: Built and Abandoned in 1850

The USS Gem of the Sea went to Useppa Island on the west coast of Florida to aid Florida Rangers

From the Useppa Island Historical Society."

1850   A supply depot on Calusa Ridge is established called Fort Casey is established January 3, 1850.    It was garrisoned by 180 soldiers and abandoned in November of the same year.

1848-1855   U.S. Coast Survey of Charlotte Harbor produces "Sketch F" map showing Fort Casey" on Useppa Island. (Bache 1855).

--Old B-Runner

Hurricane Florence Forces Closure of Fort Fisher State Historic Site

From the September 19, 2018, Wilmington (NC) Star-News.

The visitors center at Fort Fisher State Historic Site has suffered leakage.  (To be fair, the center, built in 1964 does need a new roof but a new center is in the planning so not likely.)

Christine Divoky, the Friends of Fort Fisher director reported that fragile items in the museum had been removed to Raleigh in advance of the storm.

Some trees are down and there is still water standing on the World War II airstrip.

--Old B-Runner

September 25, 1863: An Epidemic Breaks Out in New Orleans

SEPTEMBER 26TH, 1863:  Epidemic sickness was one of the persistent hazards of extended blockade duty in warm climates.

This date, to illustrate, Commodore H.H. Bell reported to Secretary Welles from New Orleans:  "I regret to inform the Department that a pernicious fever has appeared on board the United States steamers repairing at this port from which some deaths have ensued.

"Some of the cases have been well-defined yellow fever, and others are recognized here by the names of pernicious and congestive fever."

A Dangerous Duty.  --Old B-R'er

USS Gem of the Sea Correspondence Book-- Part 7: Maurice Clifford Young Collection

The correspondence book of the USS Gem of the Sea was from the collection of M. Clifford (Cliff) and Lynne B. Young Confederate Blockade Runner Collection.

Now, this sounds like a collection of material I'd be interested in knowing more about so I did some further research.

He died so that is why his collection is up for sale.

Obituary from the Boston (Mass.) Globe.

MAURICE CLIFFORD YOUNG

Died September 21, 2015.  Was a Naval Intelligence Officer in two wars.  Bronze Star recipient.  Very athletic.  Played football at Harvard and set many other athletic records.

--Old B-Runner

USS Gem of the Sea Correspondence Book-- Part 6: A Possible Tender?

August 1, 1863

Charlotte Harbor, Fl. to Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles, reporting the capture of the British schooner Georgie abandoned, but less than six months old and in good condition.

Baxter asked for permission to keep her as a tender to the Gem of the Sea.

--Old B-R'er

USS Gem of the Sea Correspondence Book-- Part 5: Cut Us IN

March 6, 1863

At Anchor of Indian River, to Theordore Bailey, Commanding  E.G.N. Squadron, stating grievances of officers and crew relating to the expedition of  the U.S. gunboat Sagamore up the Indian River, which forced the Gem of the Sea to temporarily cease her own operations and traverse a treacherous sandbar in order to provide  provisions for the Sagamore's crew.

Baxter requests a portion of any of the Sagamore's prize money as she would  not have been successful without the aid of his crew.

Keeping Up With the Prize Money.  --Old B-Runner

USS Gem of the Sea Correspondence Book-- Part 4: Intentionally Sank a 'Worthless' Blockade Tunner

Continued from September 10, 2018.

January 1, 1863:    At anchor off the entrance to Indian River to Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles, reporting the capture of  the blockade running sloop Ann bound for Nassau with four crew and a small cargo of salt and other provisions.

Baxter deemed her "old and leaky" and her cargo of insufficient value to be sent for  adjudication, so he destroyed her and much of her cargo., forwarded her papers to the commanding officer of the  East Gulf Blockading Squadron, and transferred her crew (four British subjects) to the gunboat USS Sagamore.

--Old B-Tunner

USS Gem of the Sea at the Myakka River Skirmish, Florida-- Part 2

Commanded by Acting Master's Mate Peter Coffin, the U.S. sloop Rosalie arrived to provide cover at a shelling position 200 yards from the Myakka's east shore, opening fire with a howitzer when clashes escalated on December 30.

Fifteen Florida refugee rangers led by ranger Captain Enoch Daniels had proceeded on a scouting mission over land to the northeast, and some witnessed the skirmish on their return.

Union forces retreated to their boats with , with one seaman injured.

The Myakka skirmish led Union leaders that thousands of regular troops would be needed to capture and  hold mainland Charlotte Harbor, so the area cattle continued to be driven north to feed the Confederate Army.

--Old B-Runner

USS Gem of the Sea at Myakka River Skirmish-- Part 1

From the Charlotte County Portal.

Myakka River Civil War Skirmish.

During the American Civil War in late 1863, Union forces and "refugee rangers" encountered local combatants in a brief skirmish on the east shore of the Myakka River near today's El Jobean  It is the only recorded Civil war skirmish within the boundaries of present-day Charlotte County.

From December 24 to 39, Union military regulars commanded by Acting Ensign J.H. Jenks on small boats from the bark USS Gem of the Sea encountered signal fires and sporadic gunfire from local Southern sympathizers.

--Old B-Tunner

The USS Gem of the Sea and the Useppa Island Rescue

From the Useppa Island Historical Society "A History of 10,000 Years."

Back on September 6, 2018, I wrote about the USS Gem of the Sea escorting Florida Rangers off Useppa Island in Florida.

In 1863   Union soldiers encamp on Useppa Island.  Charlotte Harbor is blockaded to prevent beef shipments to the Confederacy.  The area is sparsely populated by hunters, fishermen and farmers.

Union sympathizers  find refuge on the island under the protection of the Union Army.  Some of them are active in the Union Florida Rangers cavalry unit.

--Old B-Runner

September 19, 1863: Horace Hunley Wants Command of His Submarine in Charleston Harbor

SEPTEMBER 19TH, 1863:    Horace L. Hunley wrote General Beauregard, commanding Charleston, S.C., requesting that command of the submarine bearing his name be turned over to him.  "I propose," Hunley said, "if you will place the boat in my hands to furnish a new crew (in whole or part) from Mobile who are well acquainted with its management & make an attempt to destroy a vessel of the enemy as early as practicable."

Three days later, Brigadier General  Jordan, Beauregard's Chief of Staff, directed that the submarine be "cleaned and turned over to him with the understanding that said Boat shall be ready for service in two weeks."

Under Hunley's direction, a crew was brought to Charleston from Mobile, the H.L. Hunley was readied, and a number of practice dives carried out preparatory to making an actual attack.

Getting ready.

Confederate Sub Hunley May Move From North Charleston-- Part 2:

But a lot has changed since 2004.    North Charleston has withdrawn its offer.  It is taking much longer to conserve than expected.  Plus, S.C. Senator Glenn McConnell, a major leader in getting the Hunley to North Charleston has retired.

Patriots Point already has a lot of visitors to its aircraft carrier Yorktown and several other ships and aircraft, so even more people would visit the Hunley.  North Charleston says they can accommodate a new Hunley museum and conservation area.

--Old B-Runner

Confederate Sub Hunley May Move from North Charleston

From the August Charleston (SC) Post and Courier "Confederate sub Hunley may move from North Charleston to Mount Pleasamdt" by Robert Behre.

It has been almost two years since the Confederate submarine Hunley was raised from the water but it is now unclear where its final resting place will be.  It is in North Charleston, S.C., right now, but may end up at Patriot's Point naval and maritime Museum in Mount Pleasant.

In 2004, after two years of jockeying, the city of North Charleston beat out Mount Pleasant and Charleston as the planned site for the Hunley Museum, partly because North Charleston pledged $13 million toward its construction.

--Old B-Runner

USS Glasgow: A Busy Ship

On July 1, 1864, the USS Glasgow fired on an unknown blockade runner also under the guns of Fort Morgan.  When Fort Gaines surrendered to Union forces on August 8, 1864, the Glasgow was there.  Admiral David Farragut came onboard for a brief visit November 26.

During 1865, the Glasgow continued her duties and in addition, due to her speed and light draft, was flagship of the West Gulf Blockading Squadron.  She struck an obstruction and sank in shoal water off Mobile 8 May 1865, and was not raised until  19 June.

After that, the ship went to Pensacola, Florida, for repairs and returned to duty 1 July 1866.

The Glasgow was chosen to continue in the U.S. Navy after the war and continued cruising in the Gulf of Mexico.  She served as a storeship and visited  New Orleans, Lakeport and Mexican ports until she entered the Pensacola Navy Yard for repairs 23 January 1868.

The Glasgow departed Pensacola 10 March and spent five months cruising with the squadron on the lower Mississippi River and off Pensacola where she returned 6 August.

Decommissioning came 17 October 1868 and was sold 4 June 1869 to Thomas McClellan.

NOTE.  This ship should not be confused with the USS Eugenie (1862).  This is the first Eygenie I wrote about last week.

This still doesn't clear up the question of which ship captured the blockade runner Alabama.

--Old B-R'er

The Huntress, Last Slave Ship to Leave the Congo in 1865

From Wikipedia.

The Huntress was out of New York and was a hermaphrodite schooner that transported slaves.  It is the last slave ship to leave the Congo of Africa after buying slaves from the Africans.

In March 1865, the Huntress left with a capacity of 200  slaves headed for Louisiana.  When the slave trade ended in 1808, slave readers turned to fast ships, largely topsail schooners and brigs, to outrun the vessels of Britain's West Africa Squadron and the American Navy's African Slave Trade Patrol.

"Negro Island" in the Mermentau River is thought to be the location where the Huntress' cargo died under horrible conditions.  However, records show a Huntress-type vessel landed a cargo of slaves in Cuba in 1864.

--Old B-Runner

'Skull Island' on the Mermentau River: Remains of the Last Slaves From Africa?

In the last post, I mentioned the USS Eugenie/USS Glasgow going on an expedition to Mermentau Lake in Louisiana.  Wikipedia made no mention of the lake, but did of the river.

It is located in the western part of the state.

The Mermentau River has the infamous "Negro Island"  (also known as "Skull Island") near the tiny village of Grand Chenier. In March 1867, countless skeletons, skulls and leg bones were found still shackled by rusting leg irons.

It is thought that with the Civil War over, a slaver ship, fearful of being caught violating the 1820 U.S. law on Slave Trade would be charged with piracy and hanged.

It is believed that this gruesome discovery might be the human cargo carried by the slaver  schooner Huntress which is known to be the last slave ship to leave the Congo with a cargo of 200 slaves.

A Horrible Story.  --Old B-Runner

USS Glasgow-- Part 2: Mermantau Lake and the Name Change

The Eugenie was sent on an expedition to Mermentau River/Lake, Louisiana, on 22 December 1863 for the capture of two British blockade runners, the schooner Derby was captured, but had to be burnt  because of heavy enemy shore fire on the attacking party.

RENAMED

The Eugenie was renamed USS Glasgow on January 21, 1864. after a week of repairing in New Orleans.  In early February it was back on station wit the blockading fleet near Mobile, Alabama.

Serving mainly as a dispatch boat, the Glasgow aided in the destruction of the blockade runner Ivanhoe under the fire of Fort Morgan 30 June 1864.

--Old B-Runner

USS Glasgow; Was This The Ship That Captured the Blockade Runner Alabama-- Part 2

USS Glasgow (1863)

Was a blockade runner captured by the U.S. Navy.  Used mainly as a dispatch boat and storeship.

The Glasgow was originally the blockade runner Eugenie, captured off Mobile by the USS  R.R. Cuyler.  She was purchased from the U.S. Prize Court in Key West, Florida, and commissioned 9 July 1863, Acting Ensign N.M. Dyer in command.

252 tons, sidewheel, armament one 12-pdr.  howitzer, one 12-pdr.  rifle.

She was assigned to the West Gulf Blockading Squadron and served as a dispatch boat and supply ship for the squadron between  Mobile Bay and Pensacola, Florida.

--Old B-Runner

Some Confusion On the USS Eugenie-- Part 1

From Wikipedia.

Was a captured Confederate schooner acquired by the U,S. Navy through prize court and put into service at Key west, Florida.  Not much is known about her, but 150 tons and mounted one gun.

Original name Eugenie Smith captured February 7, 1862, by the brig Bohio near the mouth of the Mississippi as it attempted to run the blockade.  Sent to Key West for condemnation by the prize court and renamed the Eugenie on 22 April 1862.

Fitted as a guard ship for the port of Key West and placed in command of Acting Master S.F. Holbrook.  Continued as a guard ship until sold in November 1864.

Nothing about it capturing the blockade runner Alabama.

--Old B-Runner

Blockade Runner Alabama

From the Encyclopedia of Alabama.

The first three steamers to run the blockade out of Mobile were the locally owned Alabama, Cuba and Fanny (a captured ship that had been the Fox).  Between may 1862 and September 1863, these three ships were responsible for carrying more than 4,000 bales of cotton to Havana, Cuba.

Using the figures of one of the Alabama's runs to Havana in June 1863 as a base figure, with a cotton bale weighing about 510 pounds and cotton selling for  32 cents a pound, a little more than $3 million in cotton was exported in 16 months.  Even so, this was just one-seventh what had been exported before the war from Mobile.

The Alabama, Cuba and Fanny were lost by mid-September 1863, however.  The Cuba was burned to prevent capture in May 19, 1863; the Alabama was captured on September 12 and the Fanny was burned the same day to prevent capture.

--Old B-R'er

September 12, 1863: Steamer Alabama Captured By USS Eugenie

SEPTEMBER 12TH, 1863:  USS Eugenie, Acting Master's Mate F. H. Dyer, captured steamer Alabama odd Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana.

The Chandeleur Islands are on the easternmost part of Louisiana.  They are barrier islands.

--Old B-Runner

September 11 Attacks: It Was 17 Years Ago Today On a Tuesday

From Wikipedia.

Wikipedia refers to the event as the "September 11 Attacks."  But, it also is referred to as "9/11"  I call it "9-11."

It was a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks by the Islamic terrorist  group al-Qaeda against the United States on Tuesday, September 11, 2001.

The attacks killed 2,996 people, injured over 6,000 others and caused at least $10 billion in infrastructure and property damage.  Additional people died of 9/11-related cancer and respiratory disease in the months and years following the attacks.

USS Gem of the Sea-- Part 3: Those Monthly Reports

Selections from the correspondence copy book.

DECEMBER 24, 1861

Off Georgetown, S.C., to J.B. Marchand,  Cmding. USS James Adger, asking permission to destroy a schooner laying aground  at North Island, and requesting two boats from the James Adger to assist in the task.

JUNE 15, 1862

"Blockading off Georgetown (SC) addressed to Samuel F. Du Pont, Flag Officer Commanding, an 8.5  page report of everything the gem of the Sea had done between April 10 and June 16.  These were sent every four to ten weeks.

--Old B-Runner

USS Gem of the Sea Correspondence Book-- Part 2: Captured a Lot of Blockade Runners

Like I noticed in the Wikipedia article, this ship, though only a sailing vessel instead of steam, still managed to capture a lot of blockade runners.  I imagine most of these were also powered by sails and probably were smaller.

The gem of the Sea captured four prizes while part of the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron.  Then ,as a member of the East Gulf Blockading Squadron it captured at last a dozen more runners and smaller boats.

An example of what is in the book:

DECEMBER 6, 1861:  To Captain Ringgold of the U.S. Frigate Sabine describing the chase of a small sidewheel steamer which hoisted the Confederate flag once past them so the Gem of the Sea "gave her a shell as a compliment  to the hoisting of her flag."

Take That You Sneaky Sneak.  --Old B-R'er

USS Gem of the Sea Correspondence Book-- Part 1: At Auction

From Cowan's Auctions  Civil War Correspondence Notebook of the USS Gem of the Sea.

Eight-by 12.5-ich book with brown marbleized boards with reinforced buckram binding, 179 of 192 pages filled.

First entry dated  New York, USS bark Gem of the Sea, October 20, 1861.

This book contains all correspondence by Lieutenant Irvin B. Baxter, commanding the ship, to  to Flag Officer Du Pont, Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles, commanders of other ships, prize commissioners (and he sure had a lot of that) and other officials until January 19, 1864.

Cowan  estimate for the book:  $800 to $1200.

Price gotten, including Buyer's Premium, $840.

--Old B-Runner

USS Gem of the Sea-- Part 4: Rest of Her Career

The Gem of the Sea spent the rest of her war career patrolling off Charlotte Harbor, Florida.  She joined her tender Rosalie in capturing the steamer  Emma off nearby Malco Inlet  11 June 1864.

She departed  Charlotte Harbor 2 February 1865 and arrived at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on the 22nd.

She was decommissioned 24 February and was sold 6 May  1865 to  A.C. Purvis & Sons, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Anyone who served the whole war on this ship had to be rich from all that prize money the ship had accumulated.

Quite An Unknown Ship.  Old B-Runner

USS Gem of the Sea-- Part 3: A Thorn In the Side of Confederates

British schooner George was taken in the Sanibel River 29 July 1863 and sloop Richard in Peace Creek on 31 August.

A few days later , in an expedition up the Peace Creek 4-5 September, she destroyed buildings and four boats of the noted blockade runner  Johnson.  This would be the expedition I wrote about a couple days ago.

On 30 September she captured the British schooner Director and the sloop Matilda 21 October.  From 24-30 December 1863, the Gem of the Sea was part of an expedition to the Myacca River, transporting refugee Florida Rangers from Useppa Island to the mainland.

--Old B-R'er

USS Gem of the Sea-- Part 2: A Blockade Runner's Worst Nightmare

On July 1, 1862, she possession of four  rice-laden lighters up the Waccamaw River.

The ship returned to Boston Navy Yard 18 October 1862, for repairs and then was ordered to the East Gulf Blockading Squadron and arrived at Key West  18 December 1862.

CAPTURING MORE BLOCKADE RUNNERS:  A very busy bark

It didn't take long before the Gem of the Sea added to her already long list of captures.    Twelve days later, 30 December 1862, she captured the sloop Ann off Jupiter Inlet.  Then, a small unidentified  schooner 12 January 1863, a small boat  28 January and the schooner Charm in the Indian River Inlet  23 February.

In the same vicinity, she captured the sloop Peter and the British blockade  runners Maggie Fulton and Inez.

For A Ship With That Small of A Crew, Even If These Were Relatively Small Blockade-Runners, They Must Have Been Rolling in the Prize Money.  --Old B-Runner

USS Gem of the Sea-- Part 1: Very Successful Capturing Blockade Runners

In the last post, i wrote about this ship launching an attack at Confederate positions on the Peace River in Florida.

From Wilipedia.

Was a bark acquired by the U.S. Navy.  Purchased in New York City 3 August 1861 and commissioned  15 October, under Acting Lt. Irvin B. Baxter.

Length 116 feet, beam 26.3 feet,  Complement 65, Armament six 32-pounder guns.  Propulsion by sail.

First appointed to the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron.  Ran the blockade runner Prince of Wales aground off Charleston  24 December.  Captured the blockade runner Fair Play 12 March 1862, schooner Dixie  15 April 1862 and schooner Mary Stewart 3 June.

Nine days later she took the schooner Seabrook off Alligator Creek.

Even With Just Sails.  --Old B-Runner

September 2-3, 1863: One of Those Small Operations You Don't Hear About, Peace Creek, Fla.

SEPTEMBER 2-3, 1863:  Boat expedition under Acting Ensign William H. Winslow and Acting Master's Mate Charles L. Edgcomb from the USS Gem of the Sea, Acting Lieutenant Baxter, reconnoitered Peace Creek, Florida.

The expedition was set in motion by Baxter because of "reliable information that there was a band of guerrillas, or regulators, as they style themselves, organizing in the vicinity of Peace Creek, with the intention of coming down the harbor [Charlotte Harbor] for the purpose of capturing the refugees on the islands in this vicinity and also the sloop Rosalie...."

The Union force destroyed buildings used used as a depot for blockade runners and a rendezvous for guerrillas as well as four small boats.

Baxter reported:  "I think this expedition will have a tendency to break up the blockade running and stop the regulators from coming down here to molest the refugees in this vicinity.

--Old B-Runner

A Fort Fisher Connection at the USNA Cemetery: Where Sen. McCain Will Be Buried This Week

We lost one of the great Americans and a hero in every aspect a few weeks ago, Senator John McCain.

He is to be buried at the United States Naval Academy Cemetery in Annapolis, Maryland , this week.  This cemetery also has a Fort Fisher connection.

Lt. Samuel W. Preston, who was killed in action at the Second Battle of Fort Fisher on January 15, 1865, is buried there.

In addition, William B. Cushing, he sank the CSS Albemarle, was a constant thorn in the side to the Confederates of the Wilmington area with his excursions and was in the Naval Brigade in its attack on Foirt Fisher along with Lt. Preston, but was not killed, is buried there.

--Old B-Runner

The Naval Forces At the Battle of Tuliffiny

In my other Civil War blog, Saw the Elephant, I am writing about the Battle of Tuliffiny in South Carolina in December 1864.  It was a part of Sherman's March to the Sea.  Of interest, it featured the cadets of Charleston's Citadel playing a big role in the battle.

From the Civil War Times 1864-12-6 Tuliffiny.

This was a Union amphibious assault of the Navy, Marines and Army.

Navy ships involved in it from the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron under Rear Admiral John A. Dahlgren:

USS St. Louis  (the only ship of this name in the Civil War I could find was an ironclad on the Mississippi River)
USS Pawnee
USS Canandaigua

USS Flag
USS New Hampshire
USS Sonoma

USS Mingoe
USS Pontiac
USS Saratoga

USS James Adger
USS Cimarron
USS Donegal

Not all of these ships were at the actual battle.  This appears to be a list of ships of the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron based at Hilton Head, S.C..

Commander George H. Preble commanded the Naval Support Brigade ashore.

--Old B-Runner

CSS Missouri, A Timeline-- Part 5: Iron From Railroads, Engines From Riverboat, Guns from USS Indianola

APRIL 29--  Lt. Jonathan H. Carter reported to Mallory that the armoring of the CSS Missouri below the knuckle was almost completed and her boilers installed.  Also the iron cladding of the casemate will begin at once and her engines installed as rapidly as possible.

At this time, Carter had given up trying to obtain iron plate and  now planned on using t-rails seized from the Vicksburg, Shreveport and Texas Railroad and from the Southern Pacific  Railroad Company.  The engines were to be from a riverboat slated to be sunk in the Red River as an obstruction.  The engines had been overhauled and would be reassembled aboard the ironclad.

Finally, Carter reported that Lt. General Edmund Kirby Smith had promised to send two Dahlgren guns captured on the USS Indianola to Shreveport.

Making Slow Progress.  --Old B-R'er

World War Ii Comes to Fort Fisher-- Part 3: Speakers Today and Tomorrow

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1

11 a.m.   Paul Peeples of the U.S. Marine Corps Historical Company will speak about the Marines of Camp Lejeune, Montfort Point and Women Marines during World War II.

1 p.m.   Stormi Souter Brown will present "This Is My War Too," the story of  the Women's Army Corps (WACS).

3 p.m.  Cliff Tyndall will speak about the role played by Camp Davis and Fort Fisher in the war.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 2

12:30 p.m.  Cliff Tyndall will present the role played by Camp Davis and Fort Fisher in the war.

2:30 p.m.  John Mosely will discuss the Women Army Service Pilots (WASPS) at Camp Davis and Fort Fisher.

--Old B-Runner