NOVEMBER 15TH, 1861: Confederate Commissioners Mason and Slidell disembarked from the USS San Jacinto, Captain Wilkes, at Fort Monroe.
** The USS Dale, Commander Yard, captured British schooner Mabel, east of Jacksonville.
--Old B-Runner
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Tuesday, November 15, 2016
Monday, October 10, 2016
155 Years Ago, October 12, 1861:Mason and Slidell Run the Blockade
OCTOBER 12TH, 1861: The Confederate ship Theodora ran the blockade at Charleston with Mason and Slidell, Commissioners to England and France respectively, on board.
** Confederate privateer Sallie captured American brig Granada in the Atlantic Ocean
** USS Dale, Commander Edward M. Yard, captured schooner Specie east of Jacksonville, bound for Havana with a large cargo of rice.
** Warning was given that Confederates had lined the James River with powerful submarine batteries (mines).
--Old B-R'er
** Confederate privateer Sallie captured American brig Granada in the Atlantic Ocean
** USS Dale, Commander Edward M. Yard, captured schooner Specie east of Jacksonville, bound for Havana with a large cargo of rice.
** Warning was given that Confederates had lined the James River with powerful submarine batteries (mines).
--Old B-R'er
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