Saturday, October 11, 2014

Blockade-Runner Bat Captured Near Wilmington

OCTOBER 10TH, 1864:  The USS Montgomery captured blockade-running British steamer Bat near Wilmington with cargo of coal and machinery, inbound.

With the closure of so many other points of entry into the Confederacy, the Union could reinforce its blockaders off Wilmington, N.C., causing an increase in captures and runners destroyed.

--Old B-Runner

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