Box 2
Container
Contains 107 Results:
Telegram from F. Steele, Little Rock, Arkansas, to Phelps. (1 page), 1863 Dec 5
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 Dec 5
Letter signed Phelps, U.S.S. Black Hawk, to Acting Master Fanell, U.S.S. Linden, Duvall's Bluff, Arkansas, orders him to arrest Pilot Goss. (1 page), 1863 Dec 15
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 Dec 15
Letter signed S.A. Hurlbut, Memphis, Tennessee, to David D. Porter provides information on guns placed on the Mississippi River. (1 page), 1863 Dec 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 Dec 31
Letter signed David D. Porter, U.S.S. Black Hawk, Cairo, Illinois, to Phelps. (1 page), 1864 Jan 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:
1864 Jan 2
Letter signed David D. Porter, U.S.S. Black Hawk, Cairo, Illinois, to Phelps. (1 page), 1864 Jan 11
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:
1864 Jan 11
Letter signed S.M. Dayton, Memphis, Tennessee, to Phelps, Memphis, Tennessee. (1 page), 1864 Jan 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:
1864 Jan 12
Letter signed David D. Porter, U.S.S. Black Hawk, Cairo, Illinois, to Phelps, commanding U.S.S. Eastport warns of a plot to seize some of the gunboats. (2 pages), 1864 Jan 14
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:
1864 Jan 14
Letter signed Phelps, U.S. Naval Station, to J.S. Watson, U.S.S. Juliet. (1 page), 1864 Jan 15
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:
1864 Jan 15
Letter signed Phelps, U.S. Naval Station, Memphis, Tennessee, to commanding officer of U.S.S. Exchange. (1 page), 1864 Jan 15
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:
1864 Jan 15
Letter signed David D. Porter, U.S.S. Black Hawk, Cairo, Illinois, to Phelps. (1 page), 1864 Jan 18
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:
1864 Jan 18