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Blockading off Cape Canaveral

And Hoping to Store the Prisoners at Fort Taylor at Key West 150 years ago today the USS Connecticut captured the Adeline off Cape Canaveral as part of the Union blockade. The Adeline “hoisted English colors”. Here’s a couple letters … Continue reading

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Fire-eaters’ New Target

Jefferson Davis, Stephen Mallory, et.al. Apparently some unidentified Fire-eaters are taking aim again – this time at the new government of the CSA. From The New-York Times January 11, 1861 (The New-York Times Archive): SECESSION NOT CONTENTED. — The Provisional … Continue reading

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