Box 2
Container
Contains 107 Results:
Letter signed David D. Porter, U.S.S. Black Hawk, Cairo, Illinois, to Phelps, U.S.S. Hastings, Cairo, Illinois. (2 pages), 1863 Oct 20
Item — Box: 2
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 Oct 20
Letter signed George P. Bowen, Springfield, Illinois, to Phelps, Cairo, Illinois, regarding sale of Jefferson Davis. (1 page), 1863 Oct 24
Item — Box: 2
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 Oct 24
Letter signed David D. Porter, U.S.S. Black Hawk, Cairo, Illinois, to Phelps, Eastport, Mississippi. (1 page), 1863 Oct 28
Item — Box: 2
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 Oct 28
Letter signed David D. Porter, U.S.S. Black Hawk, Cairo, Illinois, to Phelps, U.S.S. Hastings. (1 page), 1863 Oct 30
Item — Box: 2
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 Oct 30
Letter signed W.T. Sherman, Eastport, Mississippi, to Phelps, regarding contraband trade. (2 pages), 1863 Oct 31
Item — Box: 2
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 Oct 31
Letter signed David D. Porter, U.S.S. Black Hawk, Cairo, Illinois, to Phelps, U.S.S. Hastings, up the Tennessee River. (1 page), 1863 Nov 1
Item — Box: 2
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 Nov 1
Letter signed David D. Porter, U.S.S. Black Hawk, Cairo, Illinois, to Phelps, U.S.S. Hastings. (1 page), 1863 Nov 2
Item — Box: 2
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 Nov 2
Letter signed David D. Porter, U.S.S. Black Hawk, Cairo, Illinois, to Phelps, Eastport, Mississippi. (2 pages), 1863 Nov 2
Item — Box: 2
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 Nov 2
Letter signed Sylvester Pool, U.S.S. Eastport, Laconia, Mississippi, to David D. Porter provides account of an attack on the steamer Allen Collier by guerrillas at Whitworth's Landing, Mississippi. (3 pages), 1863 Nov 7
Item — Box: 2
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 Nov 7
Transcript of telegram of W.T. Sherman, Winchester, Tennessee, to David D. Porter regarding affairs along the Tennessee River. (1 page), 1863 Nov 12
Item — Box: 2
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 Nov 12