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- GLC#
- GLC02680.22-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 1 March 1864
- Author/Creator
- Farragut, David Glasgow, 1801-1870
- Title
- to Thornton A. Jenkins
- Place Written
- s.l.
- Pagination
- 1 p. : docket Height: 31.6 cm, Width: 20.2 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Copy of a letter discussing naval strategy and suggesting that Pensacola, Florida be warned, in case a Confederate ram tries a sneak attack there. Says the rebel rams Tennessee and Baltic are nearby. Written on board the U.S.S. Calhoun, in the Mississippi Sound, during the blockade of Mobile Bay. Farragut was the first Admiral in the United States navy and Commander-in-Chief of the U. S. Navy during the Civil War.
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