Our Flag Was The First

Abstract There Is a Hiatus of more than a month in Lamsons personal letters that results in the omission of any description of an event that was to have an important bearing on his future career: the capture on November 5, 1863, of the blockade runner Margaret and Jessie. Following this capture, Lamson took the Nansemond to Baltimore for needed repairs and obtained a brief leave in order to travel to Irvington, New York, where he saw Kate Buckingham for a few days and no doubt told her all about the exciting chase.