Saturday, June 1, 2019

N.C. Events June 1864-- Part 1: Blockade Runners and Kirk's Raid


All actions are in the eastern part of the state unless (WEST).

JUNE--  3rd North Carolina Mounted Infantry (Union) organized in Knoxville, Tennessee.  (WEST)

JUNE 2--   Destruction of steamer Georgiana McCall.

JUNE 4--  Capture of steamer Thistle.

JUNE 5--  Capture of steamer Thistle off Cape Lookout.

JUNE 9--  Destruction of blockade-runner Pevensey near Beaufort.

JUNE 13 to July 15--  KIRK's RAID:  Federal raid from Morristown, Tennessee, into North Carolina, the capture and destruction of Camp Vance near Morganton, and skirmishes.  (WEST)

--Old B-Runner

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