MAY 4TH, 1865: Rear Admiral Thatcher accepted an offer from Commodore Ebenezer Farrand, CSN, to surrender "all Confederate naval forces, officers, men, and public property yet afloat under his command and now blockaded by a portion of our forces in the Tombigbee River [Alabama]."
The formal capitulation took place on the 10th and included the CSS Nashville, Morgan, Baltic and Black Diamond.
--Old B-Runner
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Friday, May 8, 2015
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