This day in Charleston
2 entries · 1863–1864
Dahlgren detached the Weehawken’s commander to another ship and shifted monitors up from Port Royal — the Catskill to report, the Patapsco to relieve the Nantucket. The Patapsco had thirteen months to live; she was lost to a torpedo in this harbor in January 1865.
Official Records of the Navies, Series I, Vol. 15
At half past two in the afternoon: “I leave this afternoon for Pocotaligo and Savannah to confer with Generals Jones and Hardee.” Sherman’s army was closing on Savannah, and the Confederate command on this coast was trying to decide what could still be held.
Official Records, Series I, Vol. 44
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