August 1-4, 1864: Crashing A Meeting in Georgia-- Part 2

Rear Admiral Dahlgren, amused at the circumstances of the expedition and pleased at the results, reported to the men of his squadron (SABS):  "Captain Colvocoresses having been favored with a sight of the notice in a Savannah paper, and feeling considerable interest in the object of the meeting, concluded that he would attend it also, which he did, with a number of United States citizens serving at the time on board the USS Saratoga as officers, seamen, and marines....

"When the appointed time arrived, Mr. Miller [Boatswain Philip J. Miller] set fire to the bridge [outside the town] and at the signal the main body rushed out and joined the meeting....  Captain Colvocoresses then read to the meeting from the newspaper the order of Bolonel Gaulden [CSA} for their assembling, and regretting that the colonel had failed to attend, he invited the meeting to accompany him, which they did, and arrived safely on board the Saratoga, where they met daily under the United States flag."

Meeting Really Interrupted.  --Old Secesh