http://www.historynet.com/the-new-bern-raid-june-1999-civil-war-times-feature.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-new-bern-raid-june-1999-civil-war-times-feature From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Wed, 15 Feb 2012 04:36:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.historynet.com/the-new-bern-raid-june-1999-civil-war-times-feature.htm#comment-15524 JKBarry Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:24:37 +0000 #comment-15524 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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