From the July 10, 2011, Long Recall blog.
In July 1861, the steamer St. Nicholas left Baltimore and had on board about 50 "secessionists" in disguises and in a "piratical crime" seized the ship.
This is a follow up article back in the Northern Newspapers of the day.
The paper had reported the seizure back on July 3rd and there was some dispute "which Southern officer dressed as a woman in order to hide himself away on the ship until the time of the strike occurred.
We appear to now have confirmation not only of the man in disguise was Captain Thomas of St. Mary's County, but also that he has been captured. Lieutenant Thomas H. Carmichael and Mr. John Horner apprehended him in Baltimore July 9."
Those Sneaky Rebels. --Old B-R'er
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