Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Old Point” in article pos=41 of The Daily Dispatch: July 4, 1861., [Electronic resource]:
...d through the neglect of the officers of the hotel where they were quartered.
Previous to this, the party, with various Southerners, had made a futile attempt to get through at Harper's Ferry.
At Old Point no male passenger is permitted to land without first taking the oath of allegiance to the United States.
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