can't understand why the "Bloomer Incident" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Bloomer_(1856) @ Geneva was left out of the book Pensacola During The Civil War. A Yankee invasion of South Alabama in December of 1862 seems like a pretty important subject to me. I just found out tonight that The Bloomer was engaged in the destruction of 380 different salt works & the town of St. Andrews in December of 1863. There are some great links on the Web. http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Bridge/4684/raid.htm