The steam gunboat Connecticut arrived form the South West Pass on the 12th. The Connecticut brought the sick and wounded seamen from the squadron. When she left the Mississippi, all the ships of the expedition to New Orleans were inside the Passes and had sanded their decks, and well all ready for action.
Advices per the Connecticut, state that the rebel steamer Florida has been captured by the U. S. bark Pursuit.
Forts Barrancas and McRae have been evacuated by the rebels.
The Connecticut brought eight ex-members of the Galveston artillery, who escaped from imprisonment. Every fort, except Tampa, on the coast of Florida is evacuated by the rebels.
– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Tuesday Morning, April 29, 1862, p. 1
Advices per the Connecticut, state that the rebel steamer Florida has been captured by the U. S. bark Pursuit.
Forts Barrancas and McRae have been evacuated by the rebels.
The Connecticut brought eight ex-members of the Galveston artillery, who escaped from imprisonment. Every fort, except Tampa, on the coast of Florida is evacuated by the rebels.
– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Tuesday Morning, April 29, 1862, p. 1
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