JUNE 29TH, 1865: Rear Admiral Thatcher sent the Navy department the Confederate flag flown from the CSS LeCompt captured by the USS Cornubia off Galveston, Texas, on 24 May.
Thatcher wrote: "It is believed to be the last rebel flag on the coast afloat captured from the rebels during the war."
--Old B-R'er
Showing posts with label USS Cornubia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label USS Cornubia. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 30, 2015
Friday, June 5, 2015
"Blockade Running From Galveston...At An End"
JUNE 5TH, 1865: Captain Benjamin F. Sands, with USS Cornubia and Preston, crossed the bar at Galveston, landed and raised the United States flag over the custom house. New London and Port Royal were ordered to follow immediately.
Terms of the surrender had been agreed upon by Major General Kirby Smith, CSA, on board the USS Fort Jackson.
The surrender of Galveston, combined with the capitulation of Sabine Pass and Brownsville, enabled Rear Admiral Thatcher to wrote Secretary Welles that "blockade running from Galveston and the coast of Texas is at an end."
The Door Closes. --Old B-R'er
Terms of the surrender had been agreed upon by Major General Kirby Smith, CSA, on board the USS Fort Jackson.
The surrender of Galveston, combined with the capitulation of Sabine Pass and Brownsville, enabled Rear Admiral Thatcher to wrote Secretary Welles that "blockade running from Galveston and the coast of Texas is at an end."
The Door Closes. --Old B-R'er
Thursday, May 21, 2015
Farragut's Old Nemesis, the Blockade-Runner Denbigh Is Finally Destroyed-- Oart 1
MAY 24TH, 1865: The blockade-runner Denbigh, once described by Admiral farragut as "too quick for us", was found aground at daylight at Bird Key Spit, near Galveston. She had attempted to run into the Texas port once again under cover of darkness.
She was destroyed during the day by gunfire from the USS Cornubia and Princess Royal, and later boarding parties from the USS Kennebec and Seminole set her aflame.
Prior to the capture of Mobile Bay, the Denbigh had plagued Farragut by running regularly from Mobile to Havana. He narrowly missed capturing it on 7 June 1864, and Farragut expressed his feelings in a letter to Rear Admiral Theodorus Bailey: "We nearly had the Denbigh; she has not moved from the fort [Morgan] yet, so she must have been hit by some of the shots fired at her, but he is a bold rascal, and well he may be, for if I get him he will see the rest of his days of the war in the Tortugas," The Tortugas was a prison.
What a Spoilsport. --Old B-Runner
She was destroyed during the day by gunfire from the USS Cornubia and Princess Royal, and later boarding parties from the USS Kennebec and Seminole set her aflame.
Prior to the capture of Mobile Bay, the Denbigh had plagued Farragut by running regularly from Mobile to Havana. He narrowly missed capturing it on 7 June 1864, and Farragut expressed his feelings in a letter to Rear Admiral Theodorus Bailey: "We nearly had the Denbigh; she has not moved from the fort [Morgan] yet, so she must have been hit by some of the shots fired at her, but he is a bold rascal, and well he may be, for if I get him he will see the rest of his days of the war in the Tortugas," The Tortugas was a prison.
What a Spoilsport. --Old B-Runner
Sunday, April 19, 2015
Johnston to Surrender All Confederate Armies?
APRIL 21ST, 1865: Major General Gilmore wrote Rear Admiral Dahlgren that he had received dispatches from general Sherman that a convention had been entered into with General Johnston, CSA, on the 18th whereby all Confederate armies will be disbanded and a general suspension of hostilities would prevail until terms of surrender were agreed upon in Washington.
ALSO APRIL 21ST, 1865: USS Cornubia captured blockade running British schooner Chaos off Galveston with cargo of cotton.
--Old B-Runner
ALSO APRIL 21ST, 1865: USS Cornubia captured blockade running British schooner Chaos off Galveston with cargo of cotton.
--Old B-Runner
Saturday, April 18, 2015
Blockade Runner Denbigh Runs Aground at Galveston, But gets Off
APRIL 19TH, 1865: Captain Benjamin F. Sands, commanding ships of the West Gulf Blockading squadron stationed off Galveston, Texas, reported that the blockade runner Denbigh had grounded on the Galveston bar attempting to put to sea under the cover of night.
"She succeeded in getting off by throwing over some 200 bales of cotton, about 140 which were recovered by the Cornubia and Gertrude...." Sands added that Denbigh was "next seen under Fort Point and returned to the city."
However, the well-known blockade runner, which Admiral Farragut had been especially anxious to capture prior to the fall of Mobile when the Denbigh shifted operations to Galveston, shortly succeeded in running through the blockade and put into Havana May 1st.
--Old B-R'er
"She succeeded in getting off by throwing over some 200 bales of cotton, about 140 which were recovered by the Cornubia and Gertrude...." Sands added that Denbigh was "next seen under Fort Point and returned to the city."
However, the well-known blockade runner, which Admiral Farragut had been especially anxious to capture prior to the fall of Mobile when the Denbigh shifted operations to Galveston, shortly succeeded in running through the blockade and put into Havana May 1st.
--Old B-R'er
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