Naval Happenings 150 Years Ago: August 5-6th, 1863

AUGUST 5TH

A detachment of Marines arrived to the Union fleet off Charleston. Admiral Dahlgren then cut the number of Marines on each ship to a minimum and organized a 500-man unit under Major Jacob Zeilin and placed them ashore on Morris Island with orders to be ready to move at a moment's notice.

The CSS Alabama captures Sea Bride off Cape of Good Hope

AUGUST 6TH

CSS Florida captured and released on bond the ship Francis B. Cutting in the mid North Atlantic. 

--Old B-R'er