FEBRUARY 10TH, 1865: Boat expedition from USS Princess Royal and Antona boarded and destroyed blockade-runner Will-O'-The Wisp, a large iron screw steamer hard aground off Galveston.
FEBRUARY 10-14, 1865: The monitor USS Lehigh, Lt. Cmdr. Alexander A Semmes, USS Commodore McDonough, Wissahickon, C.P. Williams, Dan Smith and Geranium, supported Brigadier General Alexander Schimmelfennig's troop movements in the Stono and Folly River, South Carolina, area.
The Army had requested the assistance of naval gunfire in its operations preparatory to the final push on Charleston.
--Old B-R'er
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Friday, October 24, 2014
150 Years Ago: Action on the James River and Capture of Blockade-Runners
OCTOBER 22ND, 1864: Union shore batteries on the north bank of the James River at Signal Hill opened fire suddenly on the ships of the Confederate James River Squadron, anchored in the river at that point. Wooden gunboat CSS Drewry sustained moderate damage, and after engaging the batteries for about an hour, the Southern vessels retired under the guns of Fort Darling on Chaffin's Bluff.
British blockade-runner steamer Flora, after being chased by the USS Wamsutta, Geranium and Mingoe off Charleston, S.C., was run aground and destroyed the next day by fire from the monitors and the batteries on Morris Island.
The USS Eolus capture Confederate blockade running steamer Hope near Wilmington with a cargo of machinery.
--Old B-Runner
British blockade-runner steamer Flora, after being chased by the USS Wamsutta, Geranium and Mingoe off Charleston, S.C., was run aground and destroyed the next day by fire from the monitors and the batteries on Morris Island.
The USS Eolus capture Confederate blockade running steamer Hope near Wilmington with a cargo of machinery.
--Old B-Runner
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