Box 1
Container
Contains 248 Results:
Telegram from A.H. Foote, Cairo, Illinois, to Phelps. (1 page), 1862 Jan 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 Jan 21
Letter signed A.H. Foote, Cairo, Illinois, to Phelps. (2 pages), 1862 Jan 24
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 Jan 24
Letter signed Phelps, U.S.S. Conestoga, Paducah, Kentucky, to A.H. Foote, Cairo, Illinois, provides information on number of troops and boats at Fort Henry and Fort Donelson. (1 page), 1862 Jan 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 Jan 30
Letter signed A.H. Foote, Cairo, Illinois, to [Phelps?] informs him of delay in movement against Fort Henry. (1 page), 1862 Jan 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 Jan 30
Document from U.S.S. Taylor, Ohio River, to Phelps, U.S.S. Conestoga, Special Order No.2 orders placement of gunboats around Fort Henry. (2 pages), 1862 Feb 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 Feb 2
Document from U.S.S. Taylor, Paducah, Kentucky, Special Order No. 3 orders Phelps to destroy the Memphis and Ohio railroad bridge after the surrender of Fort Henry and then proceed to capture the enemy's gunboats. (1 page), 1862 Feb 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 Feb 2
Letter signed A.H. Foote, Cairo, Illinois, to Phelps orders Phelps to proceed up the Cumberland River to attack Fort Donelson and then proceed to Clarksville, Tennessee, and destroy the bridge. (1 page), 1862 Feb 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 Feb 10
Letter to Gideon Welles provides account of expedition up the Tennessee River to Florence, Alabama, and capture of the Confederate ironclad Eastport. (1 page), 1862 Feb 12
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 Feb 12
Letter signed Hobart Berrien to Phelps, U.S.S. Conestoga, Paducah, Kentucky, encloses letter dated February 12, 1862, from Gideon Welles to Hobart Berrien. (2 pages), 1862 Feb 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:
1862 Feb 13
Telegram from H.W. Halleck, St. Louis, to Phelps. (1 page), 1862 Feb 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:
1862 Feb 13