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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 11. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 172 (search)
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 11. (ed. Frank Moore), despatch Station, June 8 . (search)
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 11. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 189 (search)
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100. destruction of the Pevensey.
naval Station, Beaufort, N. C., June 9, 1864.
Yesterday morning, at a little past six o'clock, this quiet town and harbor was thrown into excitement by the appearance of black smoke in the offing.
Now, in gun-boat parlance, black smoke is synonymous with English neutrality--King Cotton, or if you please, a blockade-runner.
In a moment's space of time black smoke was discovered to be a large side-wheel steamer, chased by the supply steamer Newbern, and immediately the steamer Cherokee and the steam tug Lilac left the harbor to assist in the chase, and endeavor to keep her from the beach, to which she was making under a full head of steam; but all attempts to capture her were futile, and she was soon piled upon the sand.
About fifteen minutes after striking she blew up, the shock of the explosion seriously straining her hull, and causing her to fill in short order.
Her name was Pevensey, formerly called the Kangaroo.
She was laden wi
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 11. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 197 (search)