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, June 12, 2018
Action in North Carolina, June 1863: Capture of Blockade Runner Calypso
From the North Carolina Civil War Sesquicentennial and Research on Line.
JUNE 5-7 Reconnaissance through Gates County and down Chowan River. Union force 11th Pennsylvania Cavalry.
JUNE 8-- Scout from Suffolk, Virginia, to South Mills, North Carolina.
JUNE 11-- Capture of blockade-runner Calypso.
Old B-Runner
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