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slowly gained on her quarry but the sun was close to the horizon before she was near enough to fire a shot at the fleeing ship. The round fell short of its target which then hoisted
English colors as she continued her flight.
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was placed in commission on 19 March 1863, but litigation against her for violation of the blockade was not concluded for another year. Then, having been condemned, in absentia, by the
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was unharmed, she was able to resume her voyage on the 15th and, upon reentering the gulf, proceeded in a generally southwesterly direction. On the 16th, she captured
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for adjudication. However, while still in the Gulf of Mexico, she sprang a leak which forced her to turn back. While she was undergoing repairs at
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970:USS
957:USS
920:USS
909:Alligator
907:USS
872:Lancaster
870:USS
859:Georgiana
857:CSS
844:USS
821:Indianola
819:USS
808:Indianola
806:USS
793:USS
780:HMS
767:USS
754:USS
741:USS
728:USS
702:USS
689:USS
678:Westfield
676:USS
570:departed
468:Margarita
460:Margarita
308:Liverpool
1442:Camanche
1403:Warspite
1324:SS
730:Columbia
704:Columbia
691:Hatteras
576:Carlotta
547:Exchange
533:Antona's
517:Mary Ann
427:. Since
383:Hartford
244:blockade
191:Armament
141:549 tons
106:Captured
82:Acquired
37:The USS
1437:15 Nov:
1424:30 Oct:
1416:Malacca
1411:14 Oct:
1360:14 Jul:
1352:Choctaw
1347:28 May:
1339:Wyoming
1334:10 May:
1321:28 Feb:
1263:Montana
1259:30 Dec:
1251:Hooghly
1247:10 Dec:
1214:Blossom
1210:19 Oct:
1198:15 Oct:
1185:11 Oct:
1159:21 Aug:
1146:18 Aug:
1133:17 Aug:
1125:Paw Paw
1108:20 Jul:
1095:14 Jul:
1082:13 Jul:
1062:Sumpter
1057:24 Jun:
1049:Atlanta
1044:17 Jun:
1018:c. May:
1006:30 May:
993:28 May:
980:27 May:
967:18 May:
954:27 Apr:
942:27 Apr:
930:27 Apr:
892:c. Mar:
884:Absalom
880:29 Mar:
867:25 Mar:
854:19 Mar:
841:14 Mar:
829:28 Feb:
816:25 Feb:
803:24 Feb:
795:Kinsman
790:23 Feb:
782:Orpheus
751:30 Jan:
738:23 Jan:
725:17 Jan:
712:15 Jan:
699:14 Jan:
686:11 Jan:
665:Neptune
529:Bermuda
508:Bermuda
421:gunboat
304:Glasgow
275:Alabama
246:of the
237:gunboat
221:steamer
63:History
47:Antonia
1515:1864 â
1508:â 1862
1475:8 Dec:
1463:7 Dec:
1450:3 Dec:
1398:6 Aug:
1386:6 Aug:
1378:Racoon
1365:Antona
1296:1 Jan:
1234:6 Dec:
1226:Curlew
1222:5 Nov:
1190:Madgie
1151:Oconee
1138:Crocus
1120:6 Aug:
1100:Sciota
1070:6 Jul:
1031:5 Jun:
959:Preble
922:Keokuk
917:8 Apr:
904:2 Apr:
777:7 Feb:
764:7 Feb:
673:1 Jan:
661:1 Jan:
592:
568:Antona
539:Antona
499:Antona
484:Antona
480:Antona
429:Antona
416:Sciota
411:Antona
404:Antona
359:Antona
335:Antona
326:1863.
316:Havana
300:Antona
219:was a
216:Antona
115:forces
43:Antona
1487:Unkn:
1271:Unkn:
1036:Stono
769:Glide
488:Betsy
464:Texas
322:, on
314:, to
176:knots
171:Speed
146:Draft
1455:Ajax
1373:Jul:
1326:Aden
1309:Feb:
1175:CSS
1149:CSS
1034:CSS
998:Lily
715:CSS
605:here
235:and
214:USS
125:Fate
53:the
1023:Ivy
380:in
111:by
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455:.
250:.
186:56
174:8
635:e
628:t
621:v
607:.
57:.
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