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The Weekly Register
Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia
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The Union steam ram Queen of the West successfully ran the Confederate blockade at Vicksburg on Monday morning, enduring fire from over 100 guns and a rebel steamer, which it crippled in return. No one was hurt, and Captain Sutherland is praised for the feat.
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Chicago, Feb. 7--5 P. M.--A special from Cairo to the Tribune says a Memphis dispatch announces the arrival of the Adeline from Vicksburg.
The ram Queen of the West ran the blockade and braved the rebel batteries, on Monday morning, at daylight. Over one hundred heavy siege guns belched forth their contents upon her as she steamed swiftly past. The noise of cannonading was terrific. A rebel boat also opened fire upon the Queen, which the Queen returned, and crippled the rebel steamer. The Queen then passed to the foot of the canal, and there stayed until one P. M., when she left for the point below. A line of lower batteries then opened upon her. The Queen went through in safety—nobody hurt. It is a feat, the accomplishment of which should make Captain Sutherland's name stand among the best and bravest Union officers. The Queen, at the lower batteries was under fire for three-quarters of an hour.
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Vicksburg
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Monday Morning, At Daylight
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nobody hurt; crippled the rebel steamer; queen went through in safety
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The ram Queen of the West ran the blockade and braved the rebel batteries. Over one hundred heavy siege guns belched forth their contents upon her as she steamed swiftly past. The noise of cannonading was terrific. A rebel boat also opened fire upon the Queen, which the Queen returned, and crippled the rebel steamer. The Queen then passed to the foot of the canal, and there stayed until one P. M., when she left for the point below. A line of lower batteries then opened upon her. The Queen, at the lower batteries was under fire for three-quarters of an hour.