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Box 1

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Contains 248 Results:

Letter signed Phelps to David D. Porter. (1 page) (illegible photocopy only), 1863 June 25

 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 25

Letter signed Phelps to David D. Porter. (1 page) (illegible photocopy only), 1863 July?

 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 July?

Letter signed A.M. Pennock, Cairo, Illinois, to Phelps, regarding movement and placement of ships on the Mississippi River. (3 pages), 1863 July 1

 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 July 1

Letter signed James M. Prichett, U.S.S. Tyler, Helena, Arkansas, to Phelps, commanding U.S.S. Eastport, requests all available gunboats to repulse attack by General Price. (1 page), 1863 July 4

 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 July 4

Letter signed T. Pattison, Memphis, Tennessee, to Phelps, U.S.S. Eastport. (1 page), 1863 July 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 July 5

Letter signed S.A. Hurlbut, Memphis, Tennessee, to T. Pattison. (1 page) , 1863 July 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 July 5

Letter signed David D. Porter, U.S.S. Black Hawk, off Vicksburg, to Phelps, commanding U.S.S. Eastport. (1 page), 1863 July 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: 1863 July 6

Letter signed David D. Porter, U.S.S. Black Hawk, off Vicksburg, to Phelps, commanding U.S.S. Eastport. (1 page), 1863 July 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: 1863 July 6