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Showing posts with label David Farragut. Show all posts
Thursday, January 14, 2021

Gustavus V. Fox to Flag Officer Samuel F. Dupont, June 3, 1862

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Private Navy Department             June 3d 1862  My Dear Flag Officer I have yours of the 25th May. I noticed in the papers the approach i...
Saturday, November 28, 2020

Gustavus V. Fox to Flag Officer Samuel F. Dupont, April 3, 1862

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Navy Department  April 3, 1862  My dear Commodore,  The deficiency of coal is entirely Lenthall's fault, for on the impression gathered ...
Sunday, May 31, 2020

Major-General Benjamin F. Butler to Edwin M. Stanton, May 16, 1862

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HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF,       New Orleans, May 16 , 1862 . Hon. E. M. STANTON, Secretary of War: SIR: Since my dispa...
Saturday, May 30, 2020

Major-General Benjamin F. Butler to Edwin M. Stanton, April 29, 1862

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HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF,                    Forts Jackson and Saint Philip, April 29 , 1862 . SIR: I have the honor to rep...
Friday, May 29, 2020

George Coppell to Major-General Benjamin F. Butler, May 13, 1862

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BRITISH CONSULATE,                   New Orleans, May 13 , 1862 . Maj. Gen. BENJAMIN F. BUTLER, U.S. Army, Commanding Department of t...
Wednesday, November 6, 2019

George S. Denison to Salmon P. Chase, February 7, 1863

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(Private) New Orleans , February 7th, 1863. Dear Sir : I wrote you by the last steamer expressing a wish to receive the office of “Com...
Wednesday, July 31, 2019

Colonel Allnard B. Nettleton: The Grand Review At Washington, On May 23 and 24, 1865

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This historic event, briefly covered in the diary, under dates of May 23 and 24, 1865, had had no precedent in the past and is not likely t...
Friday, July 12, 2019

Diary of Captain Luman Harris Tenney: Wednesday, May 24, 1865

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Twelve of us officers went to town with orderlies. Ran guard. Saw Johnson, Stanton, Welles, Speed, Grant, Sherman, Howard, Slocum, Logan, C...
Thursday, June 27, 2019

George S. Denison to Salmon P. Chase, January 26, 1863

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(Private) New Orleans , January 26th, 1863. Dear Sir : The situation is the same as when I last wrote. There is no movement of troops...
Monday, March 25, 2019

George S. Denison to Salmon P. Chase, January 8, 1863

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(Private) New Orleans , January 8th, 1863. Dear Sir : A disaster has occurred at Galveston, similar to that near Fortress Monroe when...
Wednesday, February 6, 2019

George S. Denison to Salmon P. Chase, December 17, 1862

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(Private) New Orleans , December 17th. Dear Sir : Gen. Banks and staff arrived here on the evening of Sunday the 14th, and he assumed...
Tuesday, January 29, 2019

George S. Denison to Salmon P. Chase, December 10, 1862

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(Unofficial) New Orleans , December 10th, 1862. Dear Sir : I send this letter by Mr. Flanders who leaves to-day for Washington, and s...
Monday, October 29, 2018

George S. Denison to Salmon P. Chase, September 24, 1862

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(Private and Unofficial) New Orleans , Sept. 24th, 1862. Dear Sir : Your kind letter of the 8th. inst. reached me yesterday. I show...
Sunday, October 7, 2018

Commandant Samuel F. Dupont to Gustavus V. Fox, September 24, 1861

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Private Astor House 24 Sep. 61. My Dear Mr. Fox, I closed up things yesterday at Philad a — where Turner is doing remarkably well;...
Saturday, May 26, 2018

Diary of Gideon Welles: Wednesday, February 3, 1864

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Had a brief talk to-day with Chase on financial matters. He seems embarrassed how to proceed, but, being fertile in resources, listening to...
Friday, January 12, 2018

Diary of Gideon Welles: Saturday, October 31, 1863

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My time has been so occupied that I was unable to note down daily current events, which, however, have not been of special importance. It h...
Friday, September 29, 2017

Edwin M. Stanton to Charles Ellet Jr., April 27, 1862

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WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington City, D C., April 27 , 1862 . CHARLES ELLET, Jr., Pittsburg, Pa.: We have certain intelligence that ...
Thursday, September 7, 2017

Diary of Gideon Welles: Tuesday, September 22, 1863

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But little additional intelligence from Rosecrans and the South. We have information of a failure on our part at Sabine Pass, where an att...
Thursday, August 31, 2017

Diary of Gideon Welles: Monday, September 21, 1863

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A battle was fought on Saturday near Chattanooga and resumed yesterday. Am apprehensive our troops have suffered and perhaps are in danger....
Sunday, August 20, 2017

Diary of Gideon Welles: Saturday, September 12, 1863

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Exceedingly busy in bringing up and disposing of matters which accumulated during my absence. Admiral Farragut and a few friends to dine wi...