"150 years ago today, August 25, 1864 – CSS Tallahassee..." Topic
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Tango01 | 26 Aug 2014 10:13 p.m. PST |
… battles its way back home. "Historical Event: On the night of August 25, 1864 CSS Tallahassee became one of the few Confederate raiders to exchange fire with Union warships – and one of the fewer to live to tell the tale. Running the blockade back to Wilmington, she ran afoul of a pair of Yankee gunboats. The raider easily outdistanced them – for the sleek, iron-hulled, two-stacker could make 14 knots, even weighed down by her three heavy guns. Unfortunately, the gunboats were but the hounds, herding the raider to the hunter: USS Monticello. As Captain John Taylor Wood heaved his ship about to avoid that mighty man of war, another pair of gunboats appeared – and opened fire, expecting that what they believed to be an unarmed blockade runner would heave to and strike her colors. Wood's ship may have begun her career as a blockade runner, having made four highly profitable runs from Wilmington to Bermuda and back under the name Atlanta, but as the raider CSS Tallahassee she carried a potent battery: a Parrott Rifle aft, a 32-pounder forward and a massive 100-pounder amidships. Wood ordered his gunners to return fire – and then to reload and fire again. The battle attracted the attention of Fort Fisher, whose guns added their booming voices to Wood's own battery, which convinced the Yankee squadron to break off the chase…" Full article here markgmclaughlin.blogspot.com.ar
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Shagnasty | 27 Aug 2014 10:47 a.m. PST |
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