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Posted inMaritime & Naval History US Civil War

May 18, 1863 – The Captured Steamer Cherokee

Illustration of the capture of the blockade runner Cherokee, showing two steam/sailing ships bow-to-bow at some distance apart, one firing on the other.

NEW YORK, May 16.

The blockade runner Cherokee was captured off Charleston by the Canandaigua, who followed her, and after a sharp chase, boarded and took possession of her. She is an Anglo-rebel propeller, built in the Clyde, is very swift, and had a cargo of 450 bales of cotton and a large quantity of tobacco, worth in all $175,000.

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The British Museum has kept up its interest to visitors during the holidays; the number of visitors on Whit Monday being 16,329 ; on Tuesday, 3290; and Wednesday, 3955. The…
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