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The Daily Dispatch: January 14, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
ing of the Harvey Birch by the Confederate steamer Nashville, and thus speaks of the officers of the latter vessel: Captain Pegram is an old officer of the United States Navy, and bore a conspicuous part in the Mexican war, in the Paraguay and Japan Expeditions, and during the war waged by the English and French in China. For his distinguished services, his native State, Virginia, voted him, by the unanimous voice of the General Assembly of the Legislature, a splendid sword, and Sir John Stirling, in his dispatches to the Admiralty, makes the following mention of him: "It is impossible to speak too highly of the American co-operating party engaged. They were with the Rattler emulating each other, in the thickest of the attack; but my warmest thanks in particular, are due to Lieutenant Pegram, the American senior officer; his encouragement of the men, and coolness under a heavy fire, and determined bravery, when surrounded by a persevering and revengeful foe, were conspic