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Browsing named entities in The Daily Dispatch: March 16, 1864., [Electronic resource]. You can also browse the collection for Nansemond River (Virginia, United States) or search for Nansemond River (Virginia, United States) in all documents.
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The Captures of the Julia Saker.
--On Friday night last Capt. Edenborough, with eight men of the signal Corps, boarded the Yankee schooner, Julia Baker, off the mouth of the Nansemond river, and, after bringing off her crew of five white men and three negroes, burnt her. She had stores on board valued at $6,000. The negroes el nged to Richard E. Riddick, of Suffolk, Francis Lowe, the captain of the schooner, was much distressed at the event, as a portion of the cargo was his own property.
He claims to be a conservative Democrat, loving the "glorious" Union, but opposed to the war. He feels doubtful whether he will ever get "out of this country again"
Castle Thunder.
--The captain and crew of the Federal schooner Julis Baker, captured on Friday last by Capt. Edenborough and eight men of the signal corps off the mouth of Nansemond river, arrived in Richmond yesterday and were confined in Castle Thunder.