[Four manuscripts on the Confederate Navy] [decimalized .01-.04]

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Dated October 1864-December 1864.

GLC#
GLC01920
Type
Header Record
Date
1864
Title
[Four manuscripts on the Confederate Navy] [decimalized .01-.04]
Place Written
Various Places
Pagination
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War
Civil War
Military History
Navy
Maritime
Confederate States of America
Union Forces

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Collection Item
Letter signed

to Lester A. Beardslee

7 October 1864

Collins, Napoleon, 1814-1875

Signed by Collins as the commander of the USS "Wachusett." Written to Lieutenant Commander Beardslee. Collins tells Beardslee to take command of the prize steamer "Florida," and proceed with the "Wachusett" to the nearest northern port. He is only to...

GLC01920.01
Collection Item
Letter

to Napoleon Collins

31 October 1864

Beardslee, Lester Anthony, 1836-1903

Copy of letter written by Lieutenant Commander Beardslee to Commander Collins. Beardslee's signature is in a clerical hand. Is disappointed to learn that Collins thinks poorly of his conduct while in charge of the captured Confederate ship "Florida."...

GLC01920.02
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to Lester A. Beardslee

7 November 1864

Barclay, Charles J., fl. 1864

Written by Acting Ensign Barclay to Lieutenant Commander Beardslee. Both were serving on the recently captured ship "Florida." As requested, Barclay is submitting his version of events from the night of 29 October, which have caused accusations of...

GLC01920.03
Collection Item
Letter signed

to Lester A. Beardslee

December 9, 1864

Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878

Written by Secretary of the Navy Welles to Lieutenant Commander Beardslee of the USS "Wachusett." References Beardslee's letter of 4 December, which contained information on the effects of Commander Morris, late of the captured steamer CSS "Florida."...

GLC01920.04