All things dealing with the Civil War Navies and actions along the coasts and rivers and against forts. Emphasis will be placed on Fort Fisher and all operations around Wilmington, NC. And, of course, the Blockade and Running the Blockade.
Saturday, April 21, 2018
Some More on the USS Iron Age
One source I found said that the Iron Age and the USS James Adger captured the famous blockade runner CSS Robert E. Lee, but I can only find other sources saying that it was just the James Adger who captured the Lee.
The Iron Age ran aground while trying to get the blockade runner Bendigo off or to at least take off cargo by Lockwood's Folly Inlet, NC. The other Union ships tried to get it off, but were driven off by Confederate guns including a battery of 30-pdr. guns.
--Old B-R'er
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