Monday, June 10, 2013

October 5, 1861---Up on Cockle Creek...



OCTOBER 5, 1861:    

 The Battle of Cockle Creek, Virginia. The island of Chincoteague, Virginia had voted 138-2 against secession, and as a consequence, was surrounded and harassed by Confederate forces. The U.S.S. LOUISIANA sinks the marauding gunship privateer VENUS. 


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