Wreck of a CSS Tallahassee Victim Found Off Long Island-- Part 2: Planning to Attack New York City

The Tallahassee, under the command of John Taylor Wood (grandson of former U.S. president Zachary Taylor), and quite a daredevil, also captured a pilot boat and tried to get the pilot to guide him into New York Harbor where he planned to destroy ships and attack the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

He planned to sail up the East River and escape into Long Island Sound.  However, his audacious plan was called off when the pilot said he didn't know the harbor.

The CSS Alabama sank five ships off the east end of Long Island, about 60 miles offshore in October 1862.

Long Island has American Revolution, Civil War, World War I  and World War II (U-boat) history.

--Old B-R'er