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Yorktown Torpedoes and Retreat Mark Civil War Evacuation
A wartime reminiscence details the May 1802 evacuation of Yorktown by Confederate forces, the use of hidden torpedoes and shells, and Union commanders McClellan Porter and Hooker pushing into the fortifications. The narrative notes casualties, telegraph disruption, and post surrender dispatches. it cites reactions in New York papers and identifies Rains and Longstreet in the dispute over the tactics.
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Yorktown
al Soliers
York
Lathrop
McClellan
Stanton
New York
General Rains
Longstreet
Rains
War Department
Joseph B. Johnston
Yorks
Lowes Dillon
Soma
Firfig
Porter
Lowe
Generae Clolkin
Caniely
Meintzerman
Stoneman
Richmond
Stagers
Virginia
Apay
Willumsbarge
Acoss
Kurt Magruder
Uriguides
Magruder
8Raer
Lonestreet
Geheril
Will
V. Sumner
W. F. Smith
Joe Fooker
Port Magruder
Hooker
Bet Bee
Manco
Hancock