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to the war policy of the Administration, j. is as much opposed to his Government. \■ah\'.rhc Forest Queen Kunninjr the VicU'— tburs: Butteries. ; v[Correspondence Aurora Commercial.] ■ !Sl On BOAR'' Sl'RAMER FoREST QuEEN, ). elow Vicksburg, April 17, 1063. J Mr. Editor:—I feel in duty bound to give you a few particulars of the Forest Queen’s running the hi ickade past Vicksburg. At 9?,- P. M. of t he 16th,O —Ian order came*from Admiral Porter toleave our moot ings, go out in the stream, (and form in 1 itie, as follows: six iron clad gun boats, the stern wheeler Silvei Wave, the Forest Queen, the Henry Olay (transports,) the gun boat Tus-cumbia bringing up the rear. Our crew consisted of: captain, Dan. Conway; pilots, John L. Conway, James M. Miller; clerk, Billy Blanker, (with all of whom •you are acquainted;) chief engineer, Wilson Johnson, of Madison; assistants, Joseph Aust, of Louisville, and A. L. Gale, of Madison; male, L. P. Nobie, of Vevay; carpenter, Z. Lamb, of Memphis; watchman, Owen Conley, from Cincin-•nati; cabin bovs, David Scott, of Memphis, Henry Norman, of New Orleans; II firemen, Frank Thompson (colored,) of New Albany. Lewis Craig (colored,) of Galliapolis, James Wells, and “Nigger Bill,” of Memphis; deck hands, Henry ci Diekman.of Cincinnati, Dennis McDer-mol. of Cairo, W. Wheeler, H. Colman,W. Green, “Nigger Reuben,” of Mem- ^ phis. We were also accompanied i„ by P. Burke, a private in Co. D, ;er 8th Missouri Infantry, who “wanted to!P!Sta;F
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Aurora Commercial
Aurora, Indiana, US
Thu, Apr 30, 1863
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