A U.S. Navy Lieutenant Returned North in February 1861 With a Chilling Message
Life on the Civil War Reserach Trail
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In February 1861, U.S. Navy Lt. Tunis Augustus Macdonough Craven returned to New York Harbor after a two-year assignment aboard the steamer Mohawk. He took the time to write a letter to fellow naval officers about the very real perils he saw as the country drifted towards Civil War.
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