tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3861686934513193816.post2656433617501699572..comments2023-01-08T07:54:39.951-06:00Comments on The Journal: Tuesday, December 31st, 1861BeNotForgothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15680626010883788138noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3861686934513193816.post-59775499157070622132012-01-02T10:15:08.749-06:002012-01-02T10:15:08.749-06:00Texas. December 31, 1861.— Steamer Mary Hill retur...Texas. December 31, 1861.— Steamer <i>Mary Hill</i> returned from San Jacinto at 11 a. m., with 115 cords of firewood for the Government. She was ordered by Colonel Nichols to proceed to Virginia Point and there to discharge the wood. At 11:30 steamer <i>Stell</i> arrived with Captain [Charles M. ?] Mason's company on board from Pelican Spit. Returned to the spit at 3 p. m. Steamer <i>Carr</i> left at daylight, having received orders to tow the dredge boat from Velasco to Virginia Point. The two first guns of fourteen destined for Galveston arrived to-day from Liberty on the steamer <i>Ruthven</i>. The guns left New Orleans in September and have been on the way from New Orleans to Galveston three months. . . . From <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=Q0QvAAAAYAAJ&ie=ISO-8859-1&output=html&source=gbs_navlinks_s" rel="nofollow">Google Books</a> -- <i>Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion</i>. Series I, Volume 17. Gulf Blockading Squadron from 16 December 1861 to 21 February 1862.BeNotForgothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15680626010883788138noreply@blogger.com