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Posted on 1/9/14 at 8:22 pm to BadLeroyDawg
Posted on 1/9/14 at 8:22 pm to BadLeroyDawg
Sunday, 10 January 1864
Lockwoods Folly Inlet proved well-named (at least the "folly" part) for the ill-fated USS Iron Age. The ship of the blockade ran aground on an unnoticed sand bar off the South Carolina coast. It was destroyed by artillery fire from shore batteries. The blockade as a whole, though, was tighter than ever, and an ever growing number of ships were being captured.
Another report: While helping to salvage the hulk of grounded and partially burned blockade runner Bendigo near Lockwood's Folly Inlet, South Carolina, the USS Iron Age, under Lieutenant Commander Edward E. Stone, herself grounded. Efforts to get her off were futile, and, as Confederates positioned a battery within range, the ship was ordered destroyed to prevent her capture. Reporting on the loss of the small screw steamer and on blockade duty in general, Rear Admiral Samuel Phillips Lee noted: "This service is one of great hardship and exposure; it has been conducted with slight loss to us, and much loss to the Rebels and their allies, who have lost twenty-two vessels in six months, while our loss has only been two vessels on the Wilmington blockade during the war."
Boat crews from the USS Roebuck, under Acting Master John Sherrill, captured the blockade running Confederate sloop Maria Louise with a cargo of cotton off Jupiter Inlet, Florida.
General J. C. Sullivan sent the following to headquarters:
Major Cole's camp at Loudon Heights, Virginia, was attacked this morning. He fought gallantly and drove the attacking party off. I send you his report:
I have the honor to report that my camp was attacked this morning at about four o'clock, by Lieutenant Colonel John Singleton Mosby and his command.
After a brisk fight of about one hour, they were repulsed and driven from the camp. Our loss is two men killed and thirteen wounded. Among the latter is Captain Vernon, seriously, and Lieutenant Rivers, slightly.
There are some missing, but it is impossible to give the exact number at present. The Confederates left four dead in the camp--one captain, and one a lieutenant.
They left three prisoners in our hands, two of them wounded, and one a lieutenant.
The United States bark Roebuck captured the Confederate sloop Marie Louise while attempting to run out of Jupiter Inlet, Florida. She was of about eight tons register, and laden with three thousand pounds of Sea Island cotton.
Eighteen shells were thrown into the city of Charleston, South Carolina, from the Federal defenses around that city.
Lockwoods Folly Inlet proved well-named (at least the "folly" part) for the ill-fated USS Iron Age. The ship of the blockade ran aground on an unnoticed sand bar off the South Carolina coast. It was destroyed by artillery fire from shore batteries. The blockade as a whole, though, was tighter than ever, and an ever growing number of ships were being captured.
Another report: While helping to salvage the hulk of grounded and partially burned blockade runner Bendigo near Lockwood's Folly Inlet, South Carolina, the USS Iron Age, under Lieutenant Commander Edward E. Stone, herself grounded. Efforts to get her off were futile, and, as Confederates positioned a battery within range, the ship was ordered destroyed to prevent her capture. Reporting on the loss of the small screw steamer and on blockade duty in general, Rear Admiral Samuel Phillips Lee noted: "This service is one of great hardship and exposure; it has been conducted with slight loss to us, and much loss to the Rebels and their allies, who have lost twenty-two vessels in six months, while our loss has only been two vessels on the Wilmington blockade during the war."
Boat crews from the USS Roebuck, under Acting Master John Sherrill, captured the blockade running Confederate sloop Maria Louise with a cargo of cotton off Jupiter Inlet, Florida.
General J. C. Sullivan sent the following to headquarters:
Major Cole's camp at Loudon Heights, Virginia, was attacked this morning. He fought gallantly and drove the attacking party off. I send you his report:
I have the honor to report that my camp was attacked this morning at about four o'clock, by Lieutenant Colonel John Singleton Mosby and his command.
After a brisk fight of about one hour, they were repulsed and driven from the camp. Our loss is two men killed and thirteen wounded. Among the latter is Captain Vernon, seriously, and Lieutenant Rivers, slightly.
There are some missing, but it is impossible to give the exact number at present. The Confederates left four dead in the camp--one captain, and one a lieutenant.
They left three prisoners in our hands, two of them wounded, and one a lieutenant.
The United States bark Roebuck captured the Confederate sloop Marie Louise while attempting to run out of Jupiter Inlet, Florida. She was of about eight tons register, and laden with three thousand pounds of Sea Island cotton.
Eighteen shells were thrown into the city of Charleston, South Carolina, from the Federal defenses around that city.
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Posted on 1/10/14 at 9:37 pm to BadLeroyDawg
Monday, 11 January 1864
Yesterday saw the loss of the USS Iron Age in Lockwoods Folly Inlet after she ran aground and was destroyed by shore batteries. Today saw the loss of two more ships of the Federal blockade in the same inlet. In this case they were chased by Confederate ships too close to shore, and also ran aground. They were then burned to the waterline to prevent capture.
Flag Officer Samuel Barron, senior Confederate naval officer in France, reported to Secretary of the Navy Stephen Mallory that he had placed Lieutenant Charles M. Morris in command of the CSS Florida, relieving Commander Joseph N. Barney whose ill health prevented active service afloat. The Florida had completed her repairs and on a trial run "...made 13 knots under steam." The CSS Rappahannock was "...repairing slowly but surely..." as she would be armed with the battery from the CSS Georgia, no longer fit for duty as a cruiser. He concluded: "You are doubtless, sir, aware that three Confederate 'men-of-war' are now enjoying the hospitality and natural courtesies of this Empire-a strange contrast with the determined hostility, I may almost say, of Earl Russell Louis Napoleon is not Lord John Russell!"
The USS Minnesota, Daylight, Aries, and Governor Buckingham intercepted the blockade runner Ranger, commanded by Lieutenant George W. Gift, CSN, and forced her aground at the Western Bar of Lockwoods Folly Inlet, South Carolina. Since Southern sharpshooters precluded salvage, the Ranger, carrying a cargo for the Confederate government, was destroyed by Union forces. The Aries, under Acting Lieutenant Edward F. Devens, also investigated a fire observed between Tubb's and Little River Inlets and found the "fine-looking double propeller blockade runner" Vesta beached and in flames. The Vesta had been sighted and chased the night before by the USS Keystone State, Quaker City and Tuscarora.
The USS Honeysuckle, Acting Ensign Cyrus Sears, captured the blockade running British schooner Fly near Jupiter Inlet, Florida.
Boat crews from the USS Roebuck, Acting Master Sherrill in charge, captured the blockade running British schooner Susan at Jupiter Inlet with a large cargo including salt.
Yesterday saw the loss of the USS Iron Age in Lockwoods Folly Inlet after she ran aground and was destroyed by shore batteries. Today saw the loss of two more ships of the Federal blockade in the same inlet. In this case they were chased by Confederate ships too close to shore, and also ran aground. They were then burned to the waterline to prevent capture.
Flag Officer Samuel Barron, senior Confederate naval officer in France, reported to Secretary of the Navy Stephen Mallory that he had placed Lieutenant Charles M. Morris in command of the CSS Florida, relieving Commander Joseph N. Barney whose ill health prevented active service afloat. The Florida had completed her repairs and on a trial run "...made 13 knots under steam." The CSS Rappahannock was "...repairing slowly but surely..." as she would be armed with the battery from the CSS Georgia, no longer fit for duty as a cruiser. He concluded: "You are doubtless, sir, aware that three Confederate 'men-of-war' are now enjoying the hospitality and natural courtesies of this Empire-a strange contrast with the determined hostility, I may almost say, of Earl Russell Louis Napoleon is not Lord John Russell!"
The USS Minnesota, Daylight, Aries, and Governor Buckingham intercepted the blockade runner Ranger, commanded by Lieutenant George W. Gift, CSN, and forced her aground at the Western Bar of Lockwoods Folly Inlet, South Carolina. Since Southern sharpshooters precluded salvage, the Ranger, carrying a cargo for the Confederate government, was destroyed by Union forces. The Aries, under Acting Lieutenant Edward F. Devens, also investigated a fire observed between Tubb's and Little River Inlets and found the "fine-looking double propeller blockade runner" Vesta beached and in flames. The Vesta had been sighted and chased the night before by the USS Keystone State, Quaker City and Tuscarora.
The USS Honeysuckle, Acting Ensign Cyrus Sears, captured the blockade running British schooner Fly near Jupiter Inlet, Florida.
Boat crews from the USS Roebuck, Acting Master Sherrill in charge, captured the blockade running British schooner Susan at Jupiter Inlet with a large cargo including salt.
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