In August 1864, the Confederate States cruiser, C. S. S. Tallahassee, conducted an 18-day raiding patrol off the north Atlantic coast. Once Tallahassee was detected, the Union Navy initiated a futile naval campaign to intercept and capture or destroy her. Secretary of the Navy, Gideon Welles, ordered all available ships from the Boston, New York and Philadelphia Navy Yards and Hampton Roads to put to sea in order to neutralize Tallahassee. This account details the ensuing action of the search for Tallahassee.
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