Old Equipment Quotes



The Planter had only two guns of its own, but was carrying a cargo of guns and ammunition that was to be delivered to the Confederate forts along the South Carolina coast. Smalls was then hired by the Union Navy as a Pilot and he engaged in a number of battles where he performed so well that he was transferred to the army which ran its own warships and made a Captain of the Vessel and achieved the rank of General although his duties were always at sea.