![]() ![]() ![]() Principal Commanders: Acting Master Frederick Crocker Major J.S. Union control of Sabine Pass made later incursions into the interior possible.Ĭampaign: Operations to Blockade the Texas Coast (1862-63) On the morning of the 25th, the schooners moved up to the battery and destroyed it while Acting Master Frederick Crocker, commander of the expedition, received the surrender of the town. After dark, the Confederates evacuated, taking as much property as possible with them and spiking the four guns left behind. The Confederate cannons, however, still could not hit the ships. The ships then moved nearer until their projectiles began to fall amongst the Confederate guns. ![]() The shots from both land and shore fell far short of the targets. The next morning, the two schooners crossed the bar, took position, and began firing on the Confederate shore battery. At least forty-four prisoners were hanged, others were lynched in neighboring communities October 1, 1862, state militia arrested more than two hundred Unionists from five northern counties. Tainted Breeze: The Great Hanging at Gainesville, Texas, 1862 September 24-25, 1862 On September 23, 1862, the Union Navy Steamer Kensington, Schooner Rachel Seaman, and Mortar Schooner Henry James appeared off the bar at Sabine Pass. ![]()
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