Friday, April 23, 2010

Rebellious Memphis now lies between two fires.

Captain Porter’s Mortar fleet, having planted the Federal flag in New Orleans, will now probably ascend the river to Vicksburgh [sic] and Memphis; and Com. Foote’s flotilla will be there as soon as wanted. Memphis must be a tremor about this time.

– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, May 3, 1862, p. 1

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