Monday, December 27, 2010

From Ship Island

NEW YORK, Feb. 14.

The gun boat Massachusetts arrived tonight from Ship Island 4th.  She has a valuable cargo of coffee, cotton &c., taken from prizes.  The Niagara was cruising in Texan waters.  Troops are in excellent health.  Capt. Marcy of the Vincennes had died from injuries by the recoil of a gun

– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Monday Morning, February 17, 1862, p. 1

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