http://www.historynet.com/american-civil-war-the-new-bern-raid.htm From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:31:52 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.historynet.com/american-civil-war-the-new-bern-raid.htm/comment-page-1#comment-7223 JKBarry Sat, 23 Aug 2008 02:59:57 +0000 #comment-7223 I have read this article with great interest being a family researcher because my Great Grandfather, Peter Gilligan,at the age of 18,was one of the Union sailors aboard USS UNDERWRITER and was one of the "prisoners" in the small cutter that was overcome and, fortunately for our family, did not jump overboard but made it to the Union lines. He and one other sailor were the two wounded in the boat and were hospitalized. The other man died, Peter Gilligan recovered and later was assigned to the USS HULL. I found most of this information in the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in The War of The Rebellion, May 5, 1863 to May 5, 1864. This was in Series 1, Volume 9, library code, E591.U56. which was in the repository of the Mariner's Museum in Newport News, Virginia. I have read this article with great interest being a family researcher because my Great Grandfather, Peter Gilligan,at the age of 18,was one of the Union sailors aboard USS UNDERWRITER and was one of the “prisoners” in the small cutter that was overcome and, fortunately for our family, did not jump overboard but made it to the Union lines. He and one other sailor were the two wounded in the boat and were hospitalized. The other man died, Peter Gilligan recovered and later was assigned to the USS HULL. I found most of this information in the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in The War of The Rebellion, May 5, 1863 to May 5, 1864. This was in Series 1, Volume 9, library code, E591.U56. which was in the repository of the Mariner’s Museum in Newport News, Virginia.

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