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April 19 69
returned this morning as the
boat would not start until fur
ther orders.
Fort Pulaski near Savannah was
also attacked las week, so is
reported, but little of the result
is known, it is said the Federals
fired about 600 balls & shell into
the fort & then quitted. Mr.
Buritt who went on board
the gunboat at Jacksonville
for protection & also with
family men returned by flag
of truce, so is the report.
The federals are reported as having
said that they were sent to
fortify themselves on any par
ticular point on the river
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"Mr. Burritt" is likely referring to Judge S.L. Burritt, c.f.: Defeat in Victory: Yankee Experience in Early Civil War Jacksonville by Richard A. Martin, The Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 53, No. 1 (Jul., 1974), pp. 1-32 (36 pages). "Meanwhile, Judge S.L. Burritt, a Unionist, had rowed out to the gunboat Ottawa, flagship of the naval force, and under a flag of truce surrendered the town to Lieutenant Stevens, the senior naval officer in command." p. 18. "gunboat"= U.S.S. Ottawa; https://www.nps.gov/timu/learn/historyculture/decklog_ottawa.htm