Rescue of Major Reynolds’s Battalion of Marines from the Foundering Steamer ‘Governor’ (from Frank Leslie’s Illustrated History of the Civil War…, edited by Louis Shepheard Moat, Published by Mrs. Frank Leslie, New York, 1895) “While being used as a transport, off Cape Hatteras, November 2d, 1861, the steamer ‘Governor,’ Commander Phillips, foundered in the rough [...]
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A Diary of American Events
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November 2.–The British brig Ariel arrived at Philadelphia, Pa., in charge of a prize crew. She was from Liverpool, bound to Charleston, with a cargo of salt. She was captured off Frying Pan Shoals, while trying to run the blockade of Charleston, by the gunboat Gemsbok.–Philadelphia Inquirer, Nov. 4. –General McClellan was presented with a [...]
Events of the Day
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November 2, 1861 Major-Gen. Fremont removed from the command of the Western armies. Rebel steamer “Bermuda” runs the blockade off Savannah. Rebels routed near Leavenworth, Kansas. Spirited engagement at Platte City, Mo. Prestonburg, Ky., taken by Union forces.