Encyclopedia of Civil War Shipwrecks
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On the evening of February 2, 1864, Confederate Commander John Taylor Wood led 250 sailors in two launches and twelve boats to capture the USS Underwriter, a side-wheel steam gunboat anchored on the Neuse River near New Bern, North Carolina. During the ensuing fifteen-minute battle, nine Union crewmen lost their lives, twenty were wounded, and twenty-six fell into enemy hands. Six Confederates were captured and several wounded as they stripped the...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0807132748
ISBN13:9780807132746
Release Date:April 2008
Publisher:LSU Press
Length:264 Pages
Weight:1.75 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 8.3" x 10.1"
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