All this started when I wrote about the Edward H. Faucon was ordered to take his ship, the USS Montgomery, and search for the Confederate raider Tacony which was capturing Union ships off New England.
That had started when the CSS Florida, under John Newland Maffitt had captured the American ship Clarence and set Charles W. Read up as a raider. Read had captured several ships before he captured the Tacony and then decided that was a better ship for his purposes and transferred his men and armament to that vessel.
He had captured several more ships when he captured the Archer and again decided that ship would be better suited and once again transferred his men and armament.
So, this was his third ship.
--Old B-Runner
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