Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Com. Wilkes” in article 13 of The Daily Dispatch: September 2, 1862., [Electronic resource]:
...d down the river, taking with them all their schooners, lighters, and negroes.
At 12 o'clock the last mast had disappeared from view at Berkley.
Thus ends the great work for the present, that Com. Wilkes , with his invincible fleet, was to have accomplished before the 15th of August.
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