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Unknown Names of vessels and commanders off Mobile Bar

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02680.17 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: Mobile, Alabama Type: Manuscript document Date: 12 February 1864 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 27.1 x 19.4 cm. Order a Copy

Lists the names of 19 vessels engaged in the blockade of Mobile Bay, their respective captains, and their exact location. Docket notes "several absent."

Marchand, John Bonnett, 1808-1875

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