Record Data Place Unit Type City or Town Containing Unit Hillsborough County, FL Events Date Type 10/25/1861 Captured blockade runner arrives at Philadelphia Naval Yard - her cargo includes 400,000 Cuban cigars Battles/Soldiers 10/13/1861 Off the Tortugas, the U.S.S. Keystone State captures a Confederate blockade runner bound for Florida Battles/Soldiers People Birthplace of Brooke, John Mercer McIntosh, James McQueen Documents Date Title 08/09/1859 Lowell (MA) Citizen & News, “Another Cargo of 600 Slaves Landed at the South,” August 9, 1859 Images
