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.
Friday, May 8, 2020
May 8, 1865: Capture of a Blockade Runner in Florida
MAY 8TH, 1865: The USS Isonomia, Lieutenant L.D.D. Voorhees, captured blockade running British bark George Douthwaits off the Warrior River, Florida, with cargo of sugar, rum, wool, ginger and mahogany.
I am unable to find a Warrior River in Florida.
Sure Sounds Like a Sleeper To Me. --Old B-Runner
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