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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 23. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.25 (search)
mond (Va) Dispatch, Sunday, November 24, 1895 ] Read's daring Exploits. How he carried terror to the Northern ports. Left a blazing Path—Desperate Federal pursuit of the little Rover—— capture of the Caleb Cushing—Evacuation of Richmond by the Confederates—The origin of the Fires—Interesting letters bearing upon the Subject—Running the Blockade— Chat with a Southern naval Officer— some exciting incidents. On the 6th day of May, 1863, the American brig Clarence, bound from Rio de Janeiro to Baltimore, with a cargo of coffee, was captured off the coast of Brazil by the Confederate States steamer Florida, Captain John N. Maffitt, Confederate States navy, commanding. Lieutenant Charles W. Read, Confederate States navy, an officer of the Florida, a young Mississippian, of scarce twenty-three years, filled with a patriotic devotion to the cause of the Confederacy, immediately proposed to take the Clarence, with a crew of twenty men, and proceed to Hampton Roads, V