America's Civil War Source
A resource for those interested in the study of America's Civil War
Sunday
June 23, 1861
U.S.S. Massachusetts Captures Four Ships

U.S.S. Massachusetts, Commander M. Smith, captured Mexican
schooner Brilliant, with cargo of flour, and Confederate schooners
Trois Freres, Olive Branch, Fanny, and Basile in the Gulf of
Mexico.