tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7828510191099879771.post6295528357794903214..comments2024-03-23T12:56:15.004-04:00Comments on I LIKE the things I LIKE!: Big Guns over Gloucester in the Civil WarScott B. Leschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02544909033575065964noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7828510191099879771.post-58868142946705753632010-09-08T07:26:26.571-04:002010-09-08T07:26:26.571-04:00Fascinating, thanks for that, and it would seem fr...Fascinating, thanks for that, and it would seem from you post today, that they were following a tradition laid-down in the sixteen-hundreds!! "Let's go to Gloucester and steal somebody else's fish!Hugh Walterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10689023221814673819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7828510191099879771.post-56313919021547921472010-09-06T21:45:55.192-04:002010-09-06T21:45:55.192-04:00PIRATE "TACONY" DESTROYS FISHING VESSELS...PIRATE "TACONY" DESTROYS FISHING VESSELS.<br /><br />"...During this period rumors were in circulation that rebel cruisers were to be dispatched among our fishermen, on the Banks, and wreak havoc to the fleet. At first these reports caused considerable alarm but nothing serious having developed,the fears of the people were allayed. But they were destined to a rude awakening. On the morning of June 24, 1863, the schooner "Laurena," of this port, arrived with the rigging and a portion of a burned topmast which was recognized as a new spar recently fitted to the schooner " Marengo," also of this port. The "Laurena" was fishing on Georges Bank at the time and sighted a burning schooner. The craft was headed for the scene but the vessel in the meantime had disappeared. Suspecting that something was wrong, the crew of the " Marengo," after picking up the article referred to, set sail for home, but before she was off the Bank, saw a strange barque with four fishing vessels near by. Fortunately a fog set in, under cover of which the "Laurena" made good her escape. The schooner "Cadet" arrived later in the day and confirmed this report. The " Cadet" was anchored on the Bank, a thick fog prevailing at the time, which, suddenly lifting, disclosed a strange barque, with four fishing vessels in tow. Some distance away they discerned a vessel in flames. The crew, surmising the cause, immediately hove up their anchor, the fog opportunely shutting in again, and, by towing the vessel with a dory, the schooner was gotten to a distance of safety, and when the wind breezed up escaped unharmed.<br /><br />Later advices gave confirmatory particulars. The marauding barque was the Confederate cruiser " Tacony," and the vessels destroyed belonging to this port were the schooners, " Marengo," " Ripple," " Elizabeth Ann," " Rufus Choate," " Ann " and "Wanderer." They were among the finest in the fleet, valued at $2,000 to $5,000 each. Several had good fares of fish when taken."<br /><br /><br />History of the town and city of Gloucester, Cape Ann, Massachusetts<br /> By James Robert PringleScott B. Leschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02544909033575065964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7828510191099879771.post-91501048142974850642010-09-06T18:49:34.310-04:002010-09-06T18:49:34.310-04:00Did the raiders cause harm to the crews of the fis...Did the raiders cause harm to the crews of the fishing boats, or were they just after the fish?<br /><br />(an ex-Gloster! Different Gloucester though!!)Hugh Walterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10689023221814673819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7828510191099879771.post-14878695985999131282010-09-06T17:14:34.586-04:002010-09-06T17:14:34.586-04:00Interesting place to have locallyInteresting place to have locallyRalphushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12858819393754912494noreply@blogger.com