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Tag Archives: Pensacola
Judah Sunk
150 years ago today early in the AM Union forces from the USS Colorado off Pensacola boarded the suspected privateer Judah at Confederate-held the Navy yard. The Confederates on Judah fought the Federals, but the ship was successfully set afire … Continue reading
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Tagged Gideon Welles, John Henry Russell, Pensacola, USS Colorado
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Immense Floating Dry Dock
On June 25, 1861 The New-York Times published a map of the Pensacola area, where federal occupied Fort Pickens on Santa Rosa Island opposed the Confederate forces under Braxton Bragg. By this time Harvey Brown commanded the Union force at … Continue reading
Prepping for War – South and North
From The New-York Times April 10, 1861 (The New York Times Archive): IMPORTANT FROM MONTGOMERY. MONTGOMERY Tuesday, April 9. JEFF. DAVIS made a requisition to-day on the Governor of Alabama for 3,000 troops. The Mississippi Brigade, 1,800 strong, arrived at … Continue reading
“Girt by a Wall of Fire”
From The New-York Times April 2, 1861 (The New York Times Archive): FROM FORT PICKENS. The St. Louis Democrat publishes a letter written by an officer in Fort Pickens to a friend in St. Louis. It is dated March 18. … Continue reading
Pensacola Pachyderm
March 1st – a day of lions and/or lambs. On March 1, 1861 The New-York Times editorialized about a different member of the animal kingdom: SEEING THE ELEPHANT – We have all our little troubles in this life, and for … Continue reading
“It Makes Our Very Blood Boil”
From The New-York Times February 27, 1861: INTERESTING FROM PENSACOLA.; LETTER FROM ON BOARD THE BROOKLYN. THE FARCE OF SECESSION IN FLORIDA– CHARACTER OF THE TROOPS IN POSSESSION OF THE GOVERNMENT PROPERTY– OUTRAGES UPON UNION MEN, ETC. AFFAIRS OF THE … Continue reading
