Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Georgia Operation

OCTOBER 13-15TH, 1864:  A boat expedition from the USS Braziliera and USS Mary Sanford freed a number of slaves from a plantation on White Oak Creek, Georgia, and engaged a company of Confederate cavalry at Yellow Bluff.

The Union gunboats succeeded in driving off the Confederates..

This is the first time I remember seeing slaves being freed during a naval operation.

--Old B-Runner

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