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Updated: April 30, 2025
Berosa and brickyard, both were near Wood-stock, the former home of Corporal Sutton; he was ready and eager to pilot us up the river; the moon would be just right that evening, setting at 3h. 19m. A.M.; and our boat was precisely the one to undertake the expedition.
Lieutenant Hughes wished to obtain information for the Admiral respecting a Rebel steamer, the Berosa, said to be lying somewhere up the river, and awaiting her chance to run the blockade. I jumped at the opportunity.
I had the pleasure, as it happened, of being the first person to forward this information to Admiral Dupont, when it came through the pickets, many months after, thus concluding my report on the Berosa. Before the work at the yard was over the pickets reported mounted men in the woods near by, as had previously been the report at Woodstock.
They also declared that the mysterious steamer Berosa was lying at the head of the river, but was a broken-down and worthless affair, and would never get to sea. The result has since proved this; for the vessel subsequently ran the blockade and foundered near shore, the crew barely escaping with their lives.
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