Thomas F. Harney

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Thank you, Eva. That is exactly the theme that has been running through most of the sources I have looked at online trying to remember where I had seen the reference to the dead sailor. I remember thinking that the American press and politicians probably played up the "Russian ally" story line in order to make it seem like the Russians were committed to the Union cause.

BTW: Part of the Russian fleet wintered in San Francisco, and among the sailors on board was a future famous composer by the name of Rimskii-Korsakov.

If I ever get tired of the Lincoln assassination, Russian history under the Tsars will be my next project.