This day in Charleston
2 entries · 1862
Skirmish at Pocotaligo, on the Charleston and Savannah Railroad. Every Federal move toward that railroad brought on a fight, and the railroad survived every one of them until Sherman.
Official Records, Series I, Vol. 14
The Keystone State and James Adger chased and boarded the English screw steamer Elizabeth — formerly the Miramon — off Charleston, bound from Nassau with saltpeter, lead, kerosene, tin, acids, drugs, rope and paper. The cargo is the point: this is what the Confederacy actually needed, and what the blockade was actually about.
Official Records of the Navies, Series I, Vol. 13
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