NOVEMBER 8TH, 1864: Acting Master Francis Josselyn, USS Commodore Hull, landed a party of sailors at Edenton, North Carolina, under orders from Commander Macomb to break up a court session being held there.
Josselyn described the unique expedition: "I landed with a detachment of men this afternoon at Edenton and adjourned sine die a county court which was in session in the court house at that place under so-called Confederate authority. This court, the first that had been held at Edenton since the breaking out of the war, the authorities had the impertinence to hold under my very guns."
No Justice Today. --Old B-R'er
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