The Rebellion Record – A Diary of American Events; by Frank Moore
    

A Diary of American Events – March 20, 1861

–At about 7 o’clock this evening, Lieutenant Homer, in command of the Continentals, at drill was informed that there was a sloop lying at the wharf at the foot of Spanish alley in Mobile, which was laden with supplies for the United States fleet outside, between that place and Pensacola. A detachment of the company was on drill at the time, and Lieutenant Homer immediately ordered them down to the point mentioned, and then and there took charge of the little sloop Isabel. She was laden with beef, pork, barrels of eggs, etc. The person in charge acknowledged that these supplies were intended for the fleet outside.–Mobile Tribune, March 21.

–Correspondence between Mr. Secretary Seward and the Commissioners from the Confederate States is published.–(Doc. 47.)

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