Fitzhugh, William E., 1832-1889 to Thornton A. Jenkins

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GLC#
GLC02680.16-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
February 12, 1864
Author/Creator
Fitzhugh, William E., 1832-1889
Title
to Thornton A. Jenkins
Place Written
s.l.
Pagination
1 p. : docket Height: 24.6 cm, Width: 19.4 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Fitzhugh reports on the amount of coal aboard his ship, the U.S.S. Sebago. Written on board the U.S.S. Sebago, as part of the blockade on Mobile, Alabama. Docket contains signed note regarding blockade ship assignments; may be in Jenkins' hand with his signature. Fitzhugh was a commodore in the US Navy, noted for his capture of the Confederate Ironclad Missouri in June of 1865.

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