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.
Tuesday, May 22, 2018
N.C. Timeline, May 1863: Action at Gun Swamp Today in 1863
MAY 22-- Action at Gum Swamp 5th, 25th, 27th and 46th Massachusetts, 3rd Cavalry, Battery H 3rd Light Artillery, New York, 58th Pennsylvania. Union losses: 2 killed, 5 wounded, 1 missing.
MAY 22-- Chase of a blockade runner by USS Penobscott under guns of Fort Fisher.
MAY 23-- Action at Batchelder's Creek 46th Massachusetts, 58th Pennsylvania.
--Old B-Runner
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