Famous Blockade Runners

Mark F. Jenkins- I noticed that you have Juno listed as possibly being captured by USS Connecticut on 22 September off Wilmington NC. I assume that is 1863, correct???
If so, James Tomb, according to his memoirs, was assigned to Juno at the same time that he was commanding David. I'm not sure of the start date for this assignment, but it was certain by the time David was used to attack Memphis in March 1864. Tomb was supposed to be on Juno, but missed the departure by a day, so was able to take David out a few more times instead.

Juno was apparently trapped in Charleston and could not get out from Dec 1863 until March 1864 ORN (Vol. 15, p.369), (finally) escaping Charleston Harbor with a load of cotton for England.
Anyway, the point being that it looks like Juno may not have been captured in the fall of 1863, or is there some other scenario at play here? Could the capture have been in September 1864?
 
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