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BLOCKADE RUNNER ‘‘ ADVANCE:

BLOCKADE RUNNER ‘“ BANSHEE.”

BLOCKADE RUNNER “COL. LAMB.”

 

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written, for the survivors are modest men, and time has ob-
literated from their memories many incidents of this extra-
ordinary epoch. Amidst impenetrable darkness, without’
lightship or beacon, the narrow and closely watched inlet was
felt for with a deep sea lead, as a blind man feels his way
along a familiar path, and even when the enemy’s fire was
raking the wheel-house the faithful pilot, with steady hand
and iron nerve, safely steered the little fugitive of the sea to
her desired haven. It might be said of him as of the Nan-
tucket skipper, that he could get his bearings on the darkest
night by a taste of the lead.

These are the names of some of the noted blockade-runners:
and their pilots, well known in Smithville thirty odd years
ago:

Steamer Cornubia, afterwards called The Lady Davis, C.
C. Morse; steamer Giraffe, afterwards known as the R. EF.
Lee, Archibald Guthrie; steamer Fannie, Henry Howard;
steamer Hansa, J. N. Burruss; steamer City of Petersburg,
Joseph Bensel; steamer Old Dominion, Richard Dosher;
steamer Alice, Joseph Springs; steamer Margaret and Jes-
sie, Chas. W. Craig; steamer Hebe, George W. Burruss;
steamer Ad-Vance, C. C. Morse; steamer Pet, T. W. Craig ;
steamer Atalanta, Thos. M. Thompson; steamer Hugenia, T.
W. Newton; steamer Hila and Annie, J. M. Adkins; steamer
Banshee, Thomas Burruss; steamer Venus, R. Sellars;
steamer Don, William St. George; steamer Lynx, J. W.
Craig; steamer Let Her Be, T. J. Burruss; steamer Little
Hattie, R. 8. Grissom; steamer Lilian, Thomas Grissom;
steamer North Heath, Julius Dosher; steamer Let Her Rip,
E. T. Burruss; steamer Beauregard, J. W. Potter; stearner
Owl, T. B. Garrason; steamer Agnes Fry, Thomas Dyer;
steamer Kate, ©. C. Morse; steamer Sirene, John Hill;
steamer Calypso, C. G. Smith; steamer Hila, John Savage;
steamer Condor, Thomas Brinkman; steamer Coquette, E.
T. Daniels; steamer Mary Celeste, J. W. Anderson. Many
other steamers might be named, among them the Britannica,
Emma, Dee, Antonica, Victory, Granite City, Stonewall
Jackson, Flora, Havelock, Hero, Eagle, Douro, Thistle, Sco-
tia, Gertrude, Charleston, Colonel Lamb, Dolphin, and