From the NC Wreckdiving site. B-R stands for Blockade-Runner.
JANUARY 1865: B-R's Cape Fear and North Heath lost in the Cape Fear River. Probably destroyed after the fall of Wilmington or Fort Fisher.
** During 1864, in the space of seven days, three B-R's were wrecked: Jan. 4th-- Bendigo at Lockwood's Ferry; Jan. 10th-- Vesta at Tubb's Inlet and Jan. 11th-- Ranger at Lockwood's Folly.
JANUARY 14, 1863: USS Columbia lost in Masonboro Inlet
JANUARY 15, 1862: City of New York, federal transport, lost off Hatteras
JANUARY 15, 1865: CSS Tallahassee, near Cape Fear.
--Old B-Runner
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.
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Wednesday, March 5, 2014
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