USS Canandaigua-- Part 2: Capturing Blockade Runners in 1863

Its commander at commissioning in 1862 was Commander J. F. Green.

Assigned to the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron on August 26, 1862, it captured the sloop Secesh on May 15, 1863 (the one I wrote about on Tuesday).  It later destroyed another blockade runner and assisted in the capture of a schooner and a steamer in the same area off Charleston, S.C..

It also took part in the attacks on positions in Charleston Harbor in 1863 and 1864.

--Old B-Runner