...ed with all his powers to aid in blockading the James river, which had been exposed to Yankee gunboats, by the withdrawal of the "Virginia" from the defence of the James river. While thus engaged, Pilot Parrish received from Secretary Mallory an order revoking his commission and dismissing him from the service without affording him the form of a trial, and without even a notice of a charge. Pilot Parrish ...