This day in Charleston

May 30

1 entry · 1862

1862The blockade

Everyone claims the prize

The officers and crews of the whole Charleston blockading force asked to be entered as joint captors of the Elizabeth, the James Adger having been in chase alongside the Keystone State. Prize money was a serious business, and the squadron’s paperwork on the subject is as thick as its reports of action.

Official Records of the Navies, Series I, Vol. 13

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