USS Gem of the Sea-- Part 3: Those Monthly Reports

Selections from the correspondence copy book.

DECEMBER 24, 1861

Off Georgetown, S.C., to J.B. Marchand,  Cmding. USS James Adger, asking permission to destroy a schooner laying aground  at North Island, and requesting two boats from the James Adger to assist in the task.

JUNE 15, 1862

"Blockading off Georgetown (SC) addressed to Samuel F. Du Pont, Flag Officer Commanding, an 8.5  page report of everything the gem of the Sea had done between April 10 and June 16.  These were sent every four to ten weeks.

--Old B-Runner