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- GLC#
- GLC02828.12-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- September 27, 1863
- Author/Creator
- Tittle, George A., fl. 1862-1864
- Title
- to his sister
- Place Written
- Brest, France
- Pagination
- 2 p. : Height: 25.2 cm, Width: 19.7 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Says on 7 September while at Funchal, Madeira, they learned the CSS "Florida" was in the English Channel and they immediately started in pursuit of her. Put in to Ferrol, Spain on 14 September for coal. Heard that the "Florida" had gone to Brest, France and they left to intercept her on the 15 September. Says they arrived at Brest on 17 September, where they have blockaded the Confederate ship ever since. Says their length of time there will depend on the movements of the "Florida." Would have written right away, but wanted to wait until he got his mail from Cadiz (it was telegraphed for). Says it arrived today and that he received her letter of 7 August. Wants her to tell their father he apologizes for not writing as often as he should. Thinks that many letters he did write never made it. Written while aboard the USS "Kearsarge"
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