http://www.museumoffloridahistory.com/exhibits/permanent/civilwar/escape.cfm
African Americans escaping slavery sail in a small boat to be picked up by the Union blockade ship USS Kingfisher off the Florida coast near St. Marks in 1862. (Illustration from Harper's Weekly, April 1862) (Florida State Archives)
The U.S.S. KINGFISHER ran aground on March 28, 1864 near the southeastern point of Otter Island on a shoal on the Combahee Bank of St. Helena Sound in the vicinity of Beaufort, S.C.
FIRST ATTACK ON ST. ANDREWS BAY: September 12, 1862
U.S.S. SAGAMORE https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Sagamore_(1861)
U.S.S. KINGFISHER https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Kingfisher_(1861)
Michelle Kirby slide show https://slideplayer.com/slide/4652407/
Michelle Kirby blog http://flordygirlsouthernsentiments.blogspot.com/
African Americans escaping slavery sail in a small boat to be picked up by the Union blockade ship USS Kingfisher off the Florida coast near St. Marks in 1862. (Illustration from Harper's Weekly, April 1862) (Florida State Archives)
The U.S.S. KINGFISHER ran aground on March 28, 1864 near the southeastern point of Otter Island on a shoal on the Combahee Bank of St. Helena Sound in the vicinity of Beaufort, S.C.
FIRST ATTACK ON ST. ANDREWS BAY: September 12, 1862
U.S.S. SAGAMORE https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Sagamore_(1861)
U.S.S. KINGFISHER https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Kingfisher_(1861)
Michelle Kirby slide show https://slideplayer.com/slide/4652407/
Michelle Kirby blog http://flordygirlsouthernsentiments.blogspot.com/
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