Arming The Ka-Kiang
Capt. Price placed Lt. Frederick Pearson, of Jamestown, in command of the ship and also transferred 18 men -- including a surgeon -- and a 30-pounder Parrott rifle to the erstwhile merchantman. Price admonished Pearson to
- "render any and every other aid in your power to promote the common object, such as towing boats, landing men, and receiving the wounded ... if required to do so."
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