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Hunchback |
 | | Hunchback, a wooden steam ferryboat, was built in 1852 at New York City and was purchased by the Navy 16 December 1861. |
 | | Flusser sped to their support with Hunchback, Commodore Perry, and Whitehead 3 October, and, although the ships could not reach Franklin, they engaged Confederate troops for three hours below the town, and were forced to withdraw only as the Southerners began felling trees over the narrow river behind them. |
 | | Hunchback also carried dispatches during this period, and was based at Deep Bottom, on the James. |
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