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                        Achilles, anchored below Fort Monroe, VA text Letter to Captain Russell Sturgis, aboard the 
                        Achilles, anchored below Fort Monroe, VA 2021 https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt78sf2m7c9x/data/1997ms469/Box_1/Folder_8/Multipage31.pdf 1862 April 1 1862 1862 April 1 
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To Father. The 
                         left Alexandria with heavy tow and arrived at Fort Monroe. Q.M. Captain Hunt sent them off to assist the steamship 
                        , who had run ashore on the Potomac. They then proceeded up the bay to Smith’s Point to locate ship, and met the 
                        . Relays news that the 
                         sunk March 28 or 29. Mentions seeing 
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                         at Fort Monroe. Most ships had troops on board and bound for Hampton.
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