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Names of vessels and commanders off Mobile Bar

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02680.17 Author/Creator: Place Written: Mobile, Alabama Type: Manuscript document Date: 1864/02/12 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 27.1 cm, Width: 19.4 cm Order a Copy

Lists the names of 19 vessels engaged in the blockade of Mobile Bay, their respective captains, and their exact location. Docket notes "several absent."

Marchand, John Bonnett, 1808-1875

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