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Running the Union blockade of Wilmington during the Civil War was a risk. On September 26, 1864, Marie DeRosset and daughter Gabrielle set sail aboard the Lynx, seeking to reach Marie's malaria-stricken husband in Nassau. Union ships attacked the LYNX, severely damaging the vessel. Mother and daughter barely escaped. Gabrielle DeRosset lived the rest of her life in Wilmington, becoming known as a musician and historian. She died in 1936.
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20987
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This is a reprint of a letter written by Confederate Signal Officer Jerome DuShane describing his time aboard blockade runners traveling between Wilmington and Bermuda during the Civil War. DuShane's letter details his pride in blockade running and ability to outwit Union ships late in the war. Detailed accounts of maneuvers and engagements near Wilmington, Fort Fisher, the Cape Fear River, Bermuda, the West Indies and British Columbia are included.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 44 Issue 4, Oct 1967,
p392-399, il, map, f
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24511
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During the last months of 1864, Wilmington, North Carolina was the last porthole of the Confederacy to the outside world. This article describes how, though the town was blockaded by the Federal Blockading Squad, Brigadier General Edwin Grey Lee, C.S.A. managed to escape to Canada
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24518
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This article recounts the time when the Confederate Navy confronted a Yankee fleet on the open seas outside of the Cape Fear River. CSS RALEIGH (ship) was used in an effort to clear Onslow Bay of Union blockaders.
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24682
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Part one of a two-part narrative, Wilkinson was in command of the ROBERT E. LEE (ship) and discusses what it was like to bring his ship through the Union blockading fleet in Wilmington during the Civil War.
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24692
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Part two of a two-part narrative, Wilkinson was in command of the ROBERT E. LEE (ship) and discusses what it was like to bring his ship through the Union blockading fleet in Wilmington during the Civil War.
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