Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Ship Island” in year 1862, month February, day 21 of Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events, Diary from December 17, 1860 - April 30, 1864:
...ling, Va., to join Gen. Rosecrans.
The Massachusetts Thirty-first regiment, and five companies of the Thirteenth Maine regiment, sailed to-day from Boston, Mass., in the steamer Mississippi for Ship Island .
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