Edition - Capture of Port Royal Ferry - New York Weekly edition
(source: Stanford Libraries)
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Stanford Digital Repository
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New York Weekly
v. 19 no. 37 (page 7)
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Capture of Port Royal Ferry
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Author:
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Credesley, W. E.
(pseudonym used by Reed, C. W.)
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August 4, 1864
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Note.-Port Royal Ferry was captured on the 1st of January, 1862. It was the first engagement (in the department of the South) where land troops were actively engaged. The U. S. forces were commanded by Brig. Gen. Stevens, since killed in Virginia. |
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