Provost Marshall Reports The Capture of a Rebel Schooner

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Manuscript report, including original Provost cover, written on official Office of Provost Marshal by J.L. McPhail to John Hann, Baltimore April 10th, 1862, in part, "The Schn'r A.I. Wills was taken in Natts Creek, an arm of the Stoney Creek, about ten miles below Baltimore under suspicion of being fitted out to carry a party recruited by Capt. McAleer to the Rebel Army on Saturday 5th inst". The report is witnessed by five men.Joseph L. McAleer, Captain in Company D. Resident of Emmitsburg. Appointed Captain of the Maryland Volunteers in October 1861. Elected Captain of Company D on September 12, 1862. Present on muster roll October through December 1862, April 28, 1863, May through June 1863 and Gettysburg. Paid August 1, 1863.

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