Pascagoula Base of Operations for Grants Army on Mobile

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Recto: "Mouth of Pascagoula River // Pascagoula Base of Operations for Grants Army on Mobile // Gen. Twiggs House // HQuarters of Rebel Officer - In command of the Station // Pascagoula Hotel- Great Summer Resort."

Verso: "Mr. Schell- I think on the receipt of these sketches you will find them to be of a great deel [sic] of interest to you, as Grant and the Fleet are expecting to attack Mobile in a very short time. Its fall will surely will [sic.] follow Charleston. Pascagoula is to be the landing place of Grants troops and Ship Island the headquarters for the Fleet. As soon as the place is attacked they will undoubtedly be of some interest to you and I hope you can use them. I have sent one another [sic] sketch to the Editor of the 'Monmouth Democrat' with a short history of the movement of our old boat the "Jackson" and he will probably send it to you for publication. If you can't use them all I very much wish you would publish those of the "Jackson" for she is well known and deserves to be brought into notice. She has been out here over two years now and has been through everything that has take[n] place in these waters. She made that large large hole in the Court House at Vicksburg which I saw a cut of in your paper not long ago. She has the best rifle in the Western Gulf Squadron and well does she know how to use it, at least the rebs think so at Fort Grant. She is well know[n] all through Rebeldom and they have given her the name of the Pirate of the Gulf. Give my respects to all the fellows in the office and if you publish my sketches I should like to have a copy- and I should not much mind to receive a paper ever little while if it is not to [sic] much trouble. Yours &c. E.B. Hough."

Pascagoula Base of Operations for Grants Army on Mobile

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