October 10, 1864---Commerce Raiding off Sandy Hook

OCTOBER 10, 1864:                   

The C.S.S. TALLAHASSEE takes seven prizes in a single day off Sandy Hook, New Jersey at the mouth of New York harbor.

Far away, at Eastport, Mississippi on the Tennessee River, a squadron of Union transports and supply ships come under withering fire from hidden Confederate shore batteries. The U.S.S. AURORA and the U.S.S. KENTON are badly damaged, the U.S.S. PEKIN is forced to withdraw, and the U.S.S. KEY WEST and U.S.S. UNDINE provide covering fire while the men on the damaged ships and onshore reach safety. 

All in all, it was a good day at the beach for the Confederacy.