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Cruise of the U.S. Flag-Ship Hartford – From the Personal Journal of Wm. C. Holton

May 8, 2012

Cruise of the U.S. Flag-Ship Hartford–Wm. C. Holton

May 8th. Weighed anchor early and proceeded up the river. The same succession of beauties met the eye at every turn. In the afternoon met a gunboat from Vicksburg with news from our vessels at that place.

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