Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Sullivan's Island” in year 1864, month February, day 2 of Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events, Diary from December 17, 1860 - April 30, 1864:
...incipally to the Sixth Virginia cavalry, were captured near Blue Ridge, in the vicinity of Thornton's Gap, Va.--the British steamer Presto, in attempting to run into Charleston Harbor, ran ashore off Sullivan's Island , where she was destroyed by the National fleet.
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