Tales from Buzzard Point - Chapter 2: The Wreck of the Columbus

Today’s entry was researched by “Tales from Buzzard Point” Series Editor David Rusk.

While researching the on-line files of the Evening Star to determine how Buzzard Point might have become viewed as “haunted, cursed ground” during the Civil War (see a forthcoming entry in “Tales from Buzzard Point”), I looked up its earliest editions out of nostalgic curiosity. In the January 8, 1854 edition of the Daily Evening Star (as it was initially called), I came across the following short news item:

WRECK OF THE COLUMBUS

Washington City – Jan.