Blockade Running Mystery-- Part 2: Was H.S. Lebby the Blockade Runner Captain?

Lori Sanderlin has conducted research on the admissions log at Sailors' Snug Harbor in New York,  She found the name of a merchant seaman and proclaimed widower by the name of Henry Sterling Lebby.

Sailors' Snug harbor was a retirement home to care for "worn out and decrepit sailors."  On his application he noted that he had worked on merchant vessels, but made no mention of blockade runners.

However, it is known that he skippered the Little Hattie and ran into and out of Charleston many times.and once even made a broad daylight run into Wilmington.  In October 1864 he and his ship were at Nassau.

Lori Sanderlin studied at UNC-Wilmington and received a masters in maritime studies from State University of New York Maritime College.

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--Old B-Runner