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27 December 1862: “It looks to me as if the persons named intended that they should be captured by the rebels.”

Item description: “Report of Commander Murray, U. S. Navy, regarding the reported capture of parties transporting goods from Norfolk [Virginia] to Elizabeth City [North Carolina].” To read more from the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the … Continue reading

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27 October 1862: “Four companies of infantry sent down here on the steamer Belvidere have mutinied and refuse to leave the boat.”

Item description: Telegrams, dated 27 October 1862, between Brigadier General H.H. Lockwood and Acting Rear Admiral S.P. Lee, concerning an apparent mutiny of Union soldiers at Drummondtown, Va. To read more from the Official Records of the Union and Confederate … Continue reading

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