Jul 8, 2014
Was the capture of the blockade-runner Pocahontas a SIGINT success?
On the morning of July 9, 1864, Acting-Master Frederick W. Strong, commanding the tug-boat USS Azalea reported the capture of the Confederate schooner Pocahontas the night before:
I respectfully report the capture at 11:30 p.m., July 8, of the schooner Pocahontas, of and from Charleston, S.C., bound to Nassau, New Providence, with a cargo of 53 bales of cotton and 299 boxes of tobacco.
She was…
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