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✧ USS Romeo ✧
USS Romeo was a sternwheel steamer that saw service as a tinclad warship during the American Civil War. Completed in August 1862 as a civilian merchant vessel, she was instead purchased by the Union Navy in October. Commissioned in December, she cleared naval mines from the Yazoo River later that month before participating in operation...
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While there is news today, it is also the anniversary of the 1864 Battle of Mobile Bay, which is one of my favorite stories. I’m guessing we could all use a break from the drumbeat of today’s events to remember yesterday’s. The story of the Battle of Mobile Bay started long before August 5, 1864. By the spring of 1864, victory in the Civil War depended on which side could endure longest. Confederates were starving as they mourned their many dead; Union supporters were tired of losing sons to battles that seemed to accomplish nothing.
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