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Maritime history of the United States | HearLore
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Maritime history of the United States
Union blockadeOn the 19th of April 1861, President Abraham Lincoln issued a Proclamation of Blockade against Southern ports. The document declared that an insurrection had…
River Queen (steamboat)The sidewheel steamer River Queen emerged from the shipyards of Keyport, New Jersey in 1864. Alfred Van Santvoord held initial ownership of the vessel as it…