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Reign of terror off Nova Scotia, part 2

Last week: Reign of terror off Nova Scotia, part 1 After his CSS Tallahassee bagged the Maine-based schooner Floral Wreath about 40 miles off Cape Sable Island on Thursday afternoon, August 11, 1864, Confederate Navy Capt. John Taylor Wood soon spotted another victim. With the Floral Wreath sinking (if not sunk) and her crew now […]