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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 1 1 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: may 23, 1861., [Electronic resource], The battle of Buena Vista. (search)
innesota, (flag-ship,) auxiliary steam, 40 guns, Captain Van Brunt; the razee Cumberland, 32 guns, Captain Marston, (flag-ship of Commodore Pendergast, superseded at this port by Commodore Stringham;) brig Perry, 6 guns; the steamer Star, and quite a fleet of armed steam tugs. More or less prizes are brought in every day of vessels attempting to run the blockade, principally of tobacco-laden ships from James river. One vessel, laden with ship-timber, cut in Virginia, and bound to St. George, in Maine, had been seized, and the timber converted to Government uses at Fort Monroe.-- For this the Government proposes to pay its value. Among the prizes was one British bark, whose cargo is valued at $160,000. The bombardment of the battery at Sewell's Point, by the steamer Freeborn, appears to be the opening of offensive operations on the part of the Government forces in this war. The Freeborn, after engaging the battery, was ordered to Washington. On her way up she made prizes