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Report (starting at the bottom of this page), dated April 12, 1864, by
John W. Sherfy, U. S. Navy, Surgeon of the U. S. Morning Light when it was
captured by Confederate "Cotton-Clad" steamers, to Gideon Welles, Secretary
of the Navy (Page 1 of 5). This report is in Volume 19 of the Official
Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion.
(The report is continued on pages 559, 560, 561, and 562)
Detailed report of Acting Assistant Surgeon Sherfy, U. S. Navy
(Following is a transcription of the report on the page above, dated
April 12, 1863, of Acting Assistant Surgeon J. W. Sherfy, late of the ship U.
S Morning Light, to Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy)
(The report is continued on pages 559, 560, 561, and 562)
Champaign City, Champaign County, Ill., April 12, 1864.
Sir: At the request of Acting Master John Dillingham, late commander of
the U. S. ship Morning Light, and yet a prisoner in Texas, I have the honor
of submitting the following report of the capture of that vessel on the 21st
of January, 1863, off Sabine Pass. It also fulfills the order of Admiral
Farragut, in his letter of permission to go north, dated March 21, 1864, a
copy of which, with other papers referred to, is herewith enclosed.
I can not claim for this report that technical accuracy of detail which
would characterize one form Captain Dillingham himself, but present it simply
as a correct memorandum of the main facts in connection with that event.
An attack on the blockade at Sabine, consisting of the Morning (This
report is continued on page 559)
(The report is continued on pages 559, 560, 561, and 562)
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