Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Capt. Capers” in article pos=69 of The Daily Dispatch: January 7, 1862., [Electronic resource]:
...ve to be merely a ruse to draw off attention from other points upon which the enemy meditate an attack.
On Friday last a steamer and two schooners came within a mile and a half of Fort Macomb, when Capt. Capers , commanding that post, threw three shell at them, one of which is supposed to have struck the steamer, where upon the three vessels put to sea in hot haste.
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