The Civil War Interactive Newswire reported on January 29th that back on that date in 1864, a Union Lt. Cmdr. James Chaplin, USN, was morally outraged by an attempt by the captain of a blockade runner he had captured to pay him off with 800 British pounds worth $4000 American.
I had never heard of it,the old fifty or hundred dollar bill next to the drivers license but. It wouldn't surprise me, however.
But Occifer, I Wasn't Speeding. --Old B-Runner
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