Tuesday, July 2.—Day begins clear and beautiful. At 8 a.m. struck the N. E. trades, made sail in aid of the steam, and ordered moderate steam carried. Toward noon a few trade squalls, with light showers of rain, passed over. Course since 8 last evening, S. S. E.½ E .; latitude at noon, 23° 04′; longitude, 86° 13 ‘. During the night doubled Cape (San] Antonio, experiencing a northerly current of from three-fourths to 1 mile per hour, which caused us to make San Antonio Light ahead, steering east instead of passing it out of sight to the southward, as we should have done but for the current.
Extracts from the journal of Commander Semmes, C.S. Navy, commanding C.S.S. Sumter
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