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Collection Reference Number GLC04572.10
From Archive Folder Maury papers including CSS Georgia list of prizes 
Title Alexandre- Marie Ducrest de Villeneuve to the commander of the C.S.S. Georgia regarding William Cullen [in French]
Date 26 November 1863
Author Villeneuve, Alexandre-Marie Ducrest de (1813-1893)  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description No. 2367. Signed as a Major General of the French Navy. Believes that William Cullen is a French sailor named Bouvier. Cullen claims that the North American (United States) commercial vessel he was on was sunk by the Georgia. Villeneuve asks that the man's story be confirmed and requests to know the name of the vessel and the state of its origin.
Subjects Civil War  Military History  Confederate General or Leader  Confederate States of America  Navy  France  Desertion  Global History and Civics  Foreign Affairs  Commerce  
People Villeneuve, Alexandre-Marie Ducrest de (1813-1893)  Nillenum, A. Deuritt (fl. 1850-1863)  Maury, William Lewis (1813-1878)  
Place written Cherbourg, France
Theme The American Civil War; Naval & Maritime; Foreign Affairs
Sub-collection Papers and Images of the American Civil War
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945
Civil War: Unit C.S.S Georgia