georgew
First Sergeant
- Joined
- Oct 1, 2010
- Location
- southern california
From the Memphis Daily Appeal, (Memphis, TN), Jan 9, 1862 pg 3 C5
"The Houston Telegraph of the 1st, contains the following welcome announcement:
We learned last night, that a steamer has arrived in a Texas port, within the last week, under British colors, bringing forty five tuns (sic) of cannon powder, a large amount of rifle powder, 700,000 army caps, 500 cannon primers, and a considerable amount of coffee, dry goods, bagging, rope, etc. We acknowledge our indebtedness to the purser for a New York Tribune of December 17th..."
Another item in the Memphis Daily Appeal of Jan 16, 1862, pg 3, C6 concerns the well known river captain De Haven.
"The Houston Telegraph of the 1st, contains the following welcome announcement:
We learned last night, that a steamer has arrived in a Texas port, within the last week, under British colors, bringing forty five tuns (sic) of cannon powder, a large amount of rifle powder, 700,000 army caps, 500 cannon primers, and a considerable amount of coffee, dry goods, bagging, rope, etc. We acknowledge our indebtedness to the purser for a New York Tribune of December 17th..."
Another item in the Memphis Daily Appeal of Jan 16, 1862, pg 3, C6 concerns the well known river captain De Haven.
Bringing the