File:Letter, 19 May 1862, page 3 of 4.jpg
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English: "...with New York papers up to the 6th inst announcing they had the news of the capture of New Orleans, Fort Jackson, St. Philip & their batteries also several gunboats. I expect that Gen. Butler gets great praise with his troops who never fired a shot and was afraid to land his men for 2 days when the Com. of the fleet sent the marines to take possession of the custom house Mint & other public buildings. Hauling down their flag amid groans of the excited crowd & the stars & stripes flung to the breeze before their eyes their was quite an excitement there for a week or so. Our captain said they got 4 millions of dollars in the mint which will be held as prize money for the fleet along with their gunboats & c. One thing I forgot to mention in my last letter to mother was the rebel steamer McRae with 600 sharp shooters aboard coming down & boarding one of our sloops firing a volley of musketry & demanding a surrender. "Surrender you want," says the captain. The next moment was, "Ready. Fire. Load. Ready. Fire," when two whole broadsides went through sinking her immediately but two men escaping one engineer & a sailor. We have put our prisoners aboard of the Rhode Island to take them to Fort Warren. They were so mad they could not argue with us on their buttons with C.S.A. on. They argued it was for Confederate States Army when our side of the argument was Can't Settle Accounts. They had to cave. We also beat them on there tents. They claim to have the Sibley Tent while we claim they have Dis-Con-Tent. Poor fellows they would like to have the sweet end of a sour pickle. We have something left to remember them. While we were taking the prisoners of the steamer Burton I espied a 5 lb bag of smoking tobacco the gem of the Sacred Soil formerly Lynchburg which I appropriated for the use of the guard. It belonged to Com. Mitchell. A present from Miss Maggie French it smokes all the..."
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