Box 2
Container
Contains 107 Results:
Letter signed O.B. Carr, Little Rock, Arkansas, to Charles Parsons, St. Louis. (2 pages), 1864 Feb 6
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 Feb 6
Document signed David D. Porter, U.S.S. Black Hawk, Cairo, Illinois, to Phelps and other commanders gives orders to be ready to start up Red River for expedition. (1 page), 1864 Feb 13
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 Feb 13
Illegible photocopy. (2 pages), 1864 Mar ?
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 Mar ?
Letter signed David D. Porter, U.S.S. Black Hawk, Red River, to Phelps, commanding U.S.S. Eastport. (1 page), 1864 Mar 4
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 Mar 4
Letter signed James M. Prichett, U.S.S. Tyler, mouth of White River, to Phelps. (1 page), 1864 Mar 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:
1864 Mar 24
Letter signed James M. Prichett, U.S.S. Tyler, mouth of White River, to Phelps. (1 page), 1864 Mar 25
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 Mar 25
Letter signed David D. Porter, U.S.S. Cricket, to Phelps, commanding U.S.S. Eastport, orders him to proceed up the river. (1 page), [1864?] Apr 3
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?] Apr 3
Letter signed P.M. Bucken, acting mayor, Aug. Martin, bishop of the town, and A.H. Prison, on the part of the citizens of Nachitoches, Louisiana, to the commander of the United States forces at Grand Ecore, Louisiana, states that only women and children are left in the town and requests a guard to prevent further depredations. (1 page), 1864 Apr 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:
1864 Apr 7
Letter signed E.K. Owen, U.S.S. Louisville, to Phelps, commanding naval forces off Grand Ecore, Louisiana, requests more guns to protect his vessel. (1 page), 1864 Apr 8
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 Apr 8
Letter signed K.R. Breese to Phelps. (3 pages), 1864 Apr 10
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 Apr 10