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CSS Theodora escapes Charleston blockade, bound for Cuba w/ Commissioners aboard

CSS Theodora escapes Charleston blockade, bound for Cuba w/ Commissioners aboard

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CHARLESTON, SC—The CSS Theodora is bound for Cuba after evading the Union blockade. James Mason and John Slidell, Confederate Commissioners to England and France, are reportedly aboard.

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