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1864 January 24 . Thomas McElroy ALS to James B. McPherson; U.S.S. "Petret" off Haines Bluff.
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Discusses events along the Yazoo River. Recounts a recent encounter with enemy scouts at Liverpool Bluffs, regrets not being able to capture the steamboat "Shark." He thinks "it would be advisable to have a Steam-boat morring up and down in the neighborhood of Yazoo City." |
