The Charleston Post and Courier reports that the two 32-pdr cannons recovered from the wreck of the CSS Alabama off France and being restored in North Charleston have a definite connection to the city.
Noted blockade-runner businessman George Alfred Trenholm's company advanced money for the Alabama which had six guns of that size. They also paid the rest of the money in five monthly payments of $25,000.
Trenholm also bought the ship Bahama which took Captain Semmes and his crew to the Alabama off England.
Trenholm also offered a $100,000 reward for anyone who could destroy the USS New Ironsides or USS Wabash which were blockading Charleston. There was also $50,000 for anyone who could sink a monitor.
Sounds Like a Raiding Thing to Me. --Old B-R'er
The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.
