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Item 23910
Title: George Pierce on Bowdoin incident, Brunswick, 1823
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1823-04-11
Location: Brunswick
Media: Ink on paper
Item 74388
Title: George Henry Preble plea for reinstatement, Mobile, AL, 1862
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1862-10-08
Location: Mobile
Media: Ink on paper
Item 74391
Title: G. Henry Preble report on breach of blockade, 1862
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1862-10-10
Location: Mobile
Media: Ink on paper
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George Henry Preble of Portland, nephew of Edward Preble who was known as the father of the U.S. Navy, temporarily lost his command during the Civil War when he was charged with failing to stop a Confederate ship from getting through the Union blockade at Mobile.