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Donald McNeill Fairfax

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All trunks, cases, packages and bags belonging to them you will take possession of and send on board this ship; any dispatches found on the persons of the prisoners, or in possession of those on board the steamer, will be taken possession of, examined, and retained if
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Fairfax demanded the passenger list, but Mason and Slidell identified themselves. He escorted Mason by the collar, to the cutter, and with two officers took hold of Slidell from the main cabin. He failed to claim
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on August 12, 1837. His younger brother, Edwin Cary Fairfax (1833-1912), also served in the Union Army, enlisting in the 5th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company D.
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and Mr. McFarland be on board make them prisoners and send them on board this ship and take possession of her as a prize. … They must be brought on board.
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D. Macneil Fairfax (1885). "Captain Wilkes's Seizure of Mason and Slidell". In Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buel (ed.).
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On boarding her you will demand the papers of the steamer, her clearance from Havana, with the list of passengers and crew.
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as a prize, citing the loss of manpower of a prize crew (avoiding a worse incident).
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Fairfax's distinguished service in the Civil War included command of the
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The son of George William Fairfax, and Isabella McNeill, grandson of
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Wilkes had given Fairfax the following written instructions:
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Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: North to Antietam
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Fairfax was later promoted to flag rank, retiring as a
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Burials at Rose Hill Cemetery (Hagerstown, Maryland)
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Mount Eagle
Fairfax County, Virginia
Hagerstown, Maryland
United States of America
United States Navy

Rear admiral
Cayuga
Nantucket
Montauk
American Civil War
United States Navy
American Civil War
Ferdinando Fairfax
Bryan Fairfax
Mount Eagle
Virginia
midshipman
San Jacinto
Trent Affair
RMS Trent
Confederate
James M. Mason
John Slidell
Charles Wilkes
Mr. Eustice
Cayuga
Nantucket
Montauk

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