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Re: Batle St. Charles, Arks. June 18-19, 1862

That is where it came from, yes. There is very little in the OR's from both sides with regards to the incident. I am curious as to what happened to the skuttled vessels. Further there doesn't seem to be much from the Union side other than the one report. I have only begun to acquire some of the documents in the Alexander collection, but it would seem the two documents you displayed is in that collection and a few others, but I haven't quite connected all the dots yet. I have a few more documents dated a few days later listing casualties but not much in the way of explanation. I was wondering if there was more.

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