Borderruffian
1st Lieutenant
- Joined
- Aug 4, 2007
- Location
- Marshfield Missouri
During the Petersburg campaign a detachment of CSN Sailors and Marines attempted to take small boats and torpedos across country to the James River. They were to capture Union Tug Boats outfit them with the torpedos and attack the Union gunboats keeping Grants supply route to City Point open.
The mission failed, it is however an interesting little read.
http://www.navyandmarine.org/ondeck/1862leaf_from_logbook.htm
The mission failed, it is however an interesting little read.
http://www.navyandmarine.org/ondeck/1862leaf_from_logbook.htm