Dispatch, 1863 July 17.

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Dispatch, 1863 July 17.

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Dispatch, dated 17 July 1863, written by Sydney Smith Lee (1805-1869) to Major Francis J. Boggs (1821-1894), concerning Union naval movements near Turkey Island in Charles City County, Virginia.

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Boggs, Francis J., 1821-1894.

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Confederate States of America. Navy

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Built in Philadelphia as the Habana, the CSS Sumter was originally used as a blockade runner in New Orleans. In 1861, she was purchased for use by the Confederate Government. Under the command of Raphael Semmes, she captured a number of Union flag merchant ships off the coasts of Cuba and South America, as well as other locations in the western hemisphere. When her boilers became unfit for use and repairs and supplies could not be obtained, she was sold at public auction at Gibraltar on December...

Lee, Sydney Smith, 1805-1869.

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