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I submit this image from the Library of Congress and I am almost 99 percent sure that this a picture of the Blockade Runner "Presto" that ran again near the sea wall off Fort Moultrie on February 2nd, 1864, she was described as "sidewheel steamer" see also the outcropping of rocks extending into the sea, which was also referenced. I base this theory off of several references and histories of the 17rh SC Regiment. When the Presto ran aground, the 17th SC was on pickett duty on the island, several references from the Faulkner letters, William Edwards "History of the 17th Regiment...," and Lt. David Logan's "A Rising Star of Promise." I have seen other references and as the thread grows I will hunt them down and post them.
When the Presto ran aground off Fort Moultrie, citizens and soldiers braved Union Navy cannon fire and death to retrieve, blankets, champagne, pork, luxury goods, food, hats and cargo of all sorts. Almost all of the government cargo was saved, but many of the other items were kept by the deprived soldiers and civilians. It's an interesting event. Here are some internet findings:
2-4 Blockade runner Presto was discovered aground under the batteries of Fort Moultrie. Monitors U.S.S. Lehigh, Commander Andrew Bryson, Nahant, Lieutenant Commander John J. Cornwell, and Passaic, Lieutenant Commander Edward Simpson, fired on the steamer for three days, finally satisfying themselves on 4 February that she was destroyed.
http://www.historycentral.com/Navy/c...ruary1864.html
U.S.S. Nahant
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Nahant_(1862)
If anyone else has any letters, references, newspaper article or the like and would wish to add to thread, I would appreciate it. Any Confederate accounts or history of the Presto would be appreciated as well.
I submit this image from the Library of Congress and I am almost 99 percent sure that this a picture of the Blockade Runner "Presto" that ran again near the sea wall off Fort Moultrie on February 2nd, 1864, she was described as "sidewheel steamer" see also the outcropping of rocks extending into the sea, which was also referenced. I base this theory off of several references and histories of the 17rh SC Regiment. When the Presto ran aground, the 17th SC was on pickett duty on the island, several references from the Faulkner letters, William Edwards "History of the 17th Regiment...," and Lt. David Logan's "A Rising Star of Promise." I have seen other references and as the thread grows I will hunt them down and post them.
When the Presto ran aground off Fort Moultrie, citizens and soldiers braved Union Navy cannon fire and death to retrieve, blankets, champagne, pork, luxury goods, food, hats and cargo of all sorts. Almost all of the government cargo was saved, but many of the other items were kept by the deprived soldiers and civilians. It's an interesting event. Here are some internet findings:
2-4 Blockade runner Presto was discovered aground under the batteries of Fort Moultrie. Monitors U.S.S. Lehigh, Commander Andrew Bryson, Nahant, Lieutenant Commander John J. Cornwell, and Passaic, Lieutenant Commander Edward Simpson, fired on the steamer for three days, finally satisfying themselves on 4 February that she was destroyed.
http://www.historycentral.com/Navy/c...ruary1864.html
U.S.S. Nahant
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Nahant_(1862)
If anyone else has any letters, references, newspaper article or the like and would wish to add to thread, I would appreciate it. Any Confederate accounts or history of the Presto would be appreciated as well.
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