. Frank Leslie's scenes and portraits of the Civil War ... . TRAVELING IN STATE - GENERAL BURNSIDE ON THE ROAD FROM NEW BERNE TO BEAUFORT, N. C.. BURNING OF THE AMERICAN MERCHANTMAN HARVEY BIRCH, OF NEW YORK, CAPTAIN NELSON, IN THE BRITISH CHANNEL, BY THE CONFEDERATE STEAMER NASHVILLE, CAPTAIN PEAGRIM, NOVEMBER 17th, 1801. On the 17th of November, 1801, the Harvey Birch, a splendid New York vessel of 1,480 tons and valued at $150,000, was on her way from Havreto New York in ballast, commanded by Captain Nelson, with officers and crew, all told, twenty-nine men. In latitude 40.0 north, longituO
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. Frank Leslie's scenes and portraits of the Civil War ... . TRAVELING IN STATE - GENERAL BURNSIDE ON THE ROAD FROM NEW BERNE TO BEAUFORT, N. C.. BURNING OF THE AMERICAN MERCHANTMAN HARVEY BIRCH, OF NEW YORK, CAPTAIN NELSON, IN THE BRITISH CHANNEL, BY THE CONFEDERATE STEAMER NASHVILLE, CAPTAIN PEAGRIM, NOVEMBER 17th, 1801. On the 17th of November, 1801, the Harvey Birch, a splendid New York vessel of 1, 480 tons and valued at $150, 000, was on her way from Havreto New York in ballast, commanded by Captain Nelson, with officers and crew, all told, twenty-nine men. In latitude 40.0 north, longituOe .)..>~ wesc*he was brought to by the Confederate steamer Nashville, and boarded by an officer and boats crew, who took the crew of the birchion uoaia uwNashville, robbed the vessel of everything valuable, and then set fire to it, the commander, Peagrim, watching her destruction irom Ins own decs. __