This day in Charleston

May 10

2 entries · 1862–1864

1862The blockade

A Charleston pilot boat comes home as a prize

The USS Unadilla seized the schooner Mary Teresa off Charleston at nine in the morning, running for the port under English colors from Nassau with salt and assorted merchandise. She had been Charleston pilot boat No. 10, built at Wilmington in 1851. The blockade-running trade was largely fought with the port’s own hulls.

Official Records of the Navies, Series I, Vol. 12

1864Fort Sumter

Seven monitors, and steamers going out to them

Seven monitors lay inside the bar, and for two days steamers had been seen visiting them — supplying ammunition, the fort's commander supposed. A small working party was at the flagstaff. Reading the enemy's logistics through a telescope was daily work.

Fort Sumter post returns, OR I, 35, Pt. 1

Entries are dated from the War of the Rebellion official records, the naval official records and contemporary Charleston sources. Browse the whole year.