Box 1
Container
Contains 248 Results:
Letter signed James Gwinn[?], Burlington, Iowa. (3 pages), 1862 Oct 29
Item — Box: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Letterbook consists of correspondence primarily to and from Seth Ledyard Phelps while commanding U.S. Navy gunboats on the western waters from 1861 to 1864. Correspondence contains accounts of naval operations mainly along the Mississippi, Tennessee, and Red Rivers, including the movement of gunboats to capture Forts Henry and Donelson, and operations during the Red River Campaign. The collection also contains extensive correspondence regarding repairs to the U.S.S....
Dates:
1862 Oct 29
Letter signed David D. Porter, Cairo, Illinois, to Joseph Avery, U.S.S. Eastport, reports that Daniel Sullivan was found guilty and describes his punishment. (1 page), 1862 Oct 30
Item — Box: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Letterbook consists of correspondence primarily to and from Seth Ledyard Phelps while commanding U.S. Navy gunboats on the western waters from 1861 to 1864. Correspondence contains accounts of naval operations mainly along the Mississippi, Tennessee, and Red Rivers, including the movement of gunboats to capture Forts Henry and Donelson, and operations during the Red River Campaign. The collection also contains extensive correspondence regarding repairs to the U.S.S....
Dates:
1862 Oct 30
Letter signed David D. Porter, Cairo, Illinois, to Phelps, Chardon, Ohio. (1 page), 1862 Nov 2
Item — Box: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Letterbook consists of correspondence primarily to and from Seth Ledyard Phelps while commanding U.S. Navy gunboats on the western waters from 1861 to 1864. Correspondence contains accounts of naval operations mainly along the Mississippi, Tennessee, and Red Rivers, including the movement of gunboats to capture Forts Henry and Donelson, and operations during the Red River Campaign. The collection also contains extensive correspondence regarding repairs to the U.S.S....
Dates:
1862 Nov 2
Letter signed David D. Porter, Cairo, Illinois, to [Phelps?]. (2 pages), 1862 Nov 21
Item — Box: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Letterbook consists of correspondence primarily to and from Seth Ledyard Phelps while commanding U.S. Navy gunboats on the western waters from 1861 to 1864. Correspondence contains accounts of naval operations mainly along the Mississippi, Tennessee, and Red Rivers, including the movement of gunboats to capture Forts Henry and Donelson, and operations during the Red River Campaign. The collection also contains extensive correspondence regarding repairs to the U.S.S....
Dates:
1862 Nov 21
Letter signed Foxhall Parker, U.S.S. Mahaska, Yorktown, Virginia, to Phelps provides brief account of his activities in eastern Virginia and Maryland. (4 pages), 1862 Nov 29
Item — Box: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Letterbook consists of correspondence primarily to and from Seth Ledyard Phelps while commanding U.S. Navy gunboats on the western waters from 1861 to 1864. Correspondence contains accounts of naval operations mainly along the Mississippi, Tennessee, and Red Rivers, including the movement of gunboats to capture Forts Henry and Donelson, and operations during the Red River Campaign. The collection also contains extensive correspondence regarding repairs to the U.S.S....
Dates:
1862 Nov 29
Letter signed Gideon Welles to Phelps. (2 pages), 1862 Dec 6
Item — Box: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Letterbook consists of correspondence primarily to and from Seth Ledyard Phelps while commanding U.S. Navy gunboats on the western waters from 1861 to 1864. Correspondence contains accounts of naval operations mainly along the Mississippi, Tennessee, and Red Rivers, including the movement of gunboats to capture Forts Henry and Donelson, and operations during the Red River Campaign. The collection also contains extensive correspondence regarding repairs to the U.S.S....
Dates:
1862 Dec 6
Letter signed Gideon Welles to Phelps, Washington, D.C. (1 page), 1862 Dec 10
Item — Box: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Letterbook consists of correspondence primarily to and from Seth Ledyard Phelps while commanding U.S. Navy gunboats on the western waters from 1861 to 1864. Correspondence contains accounts of naval operations mainly along the Mississippi, Tennessee, and Red Rivers, including the movement of gunboats to capture Forts Henry and Donelson, and operations during the Red River Campaign. The collection also contains extensive correspondence regarding repairs to the U.S.S....
Dates:
1862 Dec 10
Letter signed A.H. Foote, Washington, D.C., to Phelps. (2 pages), 1862 Dec 20
Item — Box: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Letterbook consists of correspondence primarily to and from Seth Ledyard Phelps while commanding U.S. Navy gunboats on the western waters from 1861 to 1864. Correspondence contains accounts of naval operations mainly along the Mississippi, Tennessee, and Red Rivers, including the movement of gunboats to capture Forts Henry and Donelson, and operations during the Red River Campaign. The collection also contains extensive correspondence regarding repairs to the U.S.S....
Dates:
1862 Dec 20
Letter signed A.M. Pennock, Cairo, Illinois, to Phelps, U.S.S. Eastport, Cairo, Illinois. (1 page), 1862 Dec 31
Item — Box: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Letterbook consists of correspondence primarily to and from Seth Ledyard Phelps while commanding U.S. Navy gunboats on the western waters from 1861 to 1864. Correspondence contains accounts of naval operations mainly along the Mississippi, Tennessee, and Red Rivers, including the movement of gunboats to capture Forts Henry and Donelson, and operations during the Red River Campaign. The collection also contains extensive correspondence regarding repairs to the U.S.S....
Dates:
1862 Dec 31
Letter signed Phelps to James A. Noyes. (3 pages) (photocopy only)., 1863?
Item — Box: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Letterbook consists of correspondence primarily to and from Seth Ledyard Phelps while commanding U.S. Navy gunboats on the western waters from 1861 to 1864. Correspondence contains accounts of naval operations mainly along the Mississippi, Tennessee, and Red Rivers, including the movement of gunboats to capture Forts Henry and Donelson, and operations during the Red River Campaign. The collection also contains extensive correspondence regarding repairs to the U.S.S....
Dates:
1863?