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Jeff Davis

 

A. former name retained.

 

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Jeff Davis was apparently a prize captured by Union vessels off the North Carolina Sounds when they took New Bern, N.C., 14 March 1862. She was purchased from Illinois Prize Court and used as a coal hulk.