NOVEMBER 5TH, 1864: The monitor USS Patapsco bombarded and set afire an unidentified sloop aground off Fort Moultrie, Charleston with cargo of cotton and turpentine judging by the resulting fire.
CSS Shenandoah captured and burned the schooner Charter Oak off the Cape Verde Islands.
USS Fort Morgan captured blockade runner John A. Hazard off the Texas coast with cargo of coffee, rice, oil, dry goods and medicine.
NOVEMBER 6TH, 1864: USS Fort Morgan captured blockade running schooner Lone off Brazos Pass, Texas.
Boats from the USS Adela captured blockade running schooner Badger attempting to run the blockade out of St. George's Sound, Florida, with cargo of cotton.
--Old B-R'er
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