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Hattie Brock: The fiery belle of Enterprise

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Styles, A. F. Steamboats Hattie and Dictator - Florida. 1870 (circa). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/148807>
Styles, A. F. Steamboats Hattie and Dictator - Florida. 1870 (circa). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/148807>

On the Enterprise dock, Hattie Brock watched in anguish as her namesake vessel — her father's prized creation — was commandeered by Union troops.


A New York Times correspondent traveling with the Union troops described the scene as one of exquisite pain, calling it the worst part of the journey back to Jacksonville.


"The little black-eyed belle seemed like an angel angry," he wrote. "She was eloquent in her grief."


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