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Box 1

 Container

Contains 248 Results:

Letter signed A.M. Pennock, Cairo, Illinois, to Phelps. (2 pages), 1863 June 5

 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 June 5

Letter signed Phelps, U.S.S. Champion, Tennessee River. (3 pages) (photocopy only), 1863 June 8

 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 June 8

Letter signed Phelps, U.S.S. Champion, to David D. Porter regarding affairs on the Tennessee River. (2 pages) (photocopy only), 1863 June 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: 1863 June 10

Telegram from Jassin Goudy, Ft. Henry, Tennessee, to Phelps. (1 page), 1863 June 13

 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 June 13

Telegram from D.L. Phillips, Cairo, Illinois, to L.S. Phillips. (1 page), 1863 June 13

 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 June 13

Letter signed David D. Porter, U.S.S. Black Hawk, to Phelps briefly describes conditions in Vicksburg, Mississippi. (5 pages), 1863 June 14

 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 June 14

Letter signed Phelps to David D. Porter. (2 pages) (photocopy only), 1863 June 16

 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 June 16

Telegram from Jason Lonvey[?], Paducah, Kentucky, to Capt. Philips. (1 page), 1863 June 18

 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 June 18

Letter signed J.S. Hurd, U.S.S. Exchange, off Savannah, Tennessee, to G.M. Dodge, Corinth, Mississippi, regarding affairs on west side of Tennessee River. (1 page), 1863 June 19

 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 June 19

Letter signed Phelps to Captain Goudy, commanding Queen City. (1 page) (photocopy only), 1863 June 19

 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 June 19