ATTACK OF THE REBELS UPON OUR GUN-BOAT FLOTILLA AT GALVESTON, TEXAS, JANUARY 1, 1863. (Harper’s Weekly, January 31, 1863) | Blue Gray Review

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ATTACK OF THE REBELS UPON OUR GUN-BOAT FLOTILLA AT GALVESTON, TEXAS, JANUARY 1, 1863. (Harper’s Weekly, January 31, 1863)

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Capture of USS Harriet Lane, 1 January 1863 (U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph; http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-h/har-ln-k.htm)

"Surprise and Capture of the United States Steamer 'Harriet Lane', by the Confederates, under General Magruder, and the Destruction of the Flagship 'Westfield' in Galveston Harbor, Texas, January 1st, 1863." (U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph; http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-h/har-ln-k.htm)

John and rest of crew “pulled for a Transport steamer” as Westfield explodes

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