to John B. Marchand

Drayton, Percival, 1812-1865 to John B. Marchand

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GLC#
GLC02680.24-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
15 March 1864
Author/Creator
Drayton, Percival, 1812-1865
Title
to John B. Marchand
Place Written
s.l.
Pagination
1 p. : docket Height: 24.7 cm, Width: 19.5 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Enclosing twenty copies [not present] each "of 2 circulars issued by the Bureau of Ordnance" with orders to distribute them to all the vessels on Marchand's station. Written on board the U.S.S. Hartford, of which Percival was captain, off Pensacola, Florida, during the Union blockade of major Southern ports. On "Western Gulf Squadron" stationery. Drayton was Fleet Captain to Farragut, who was commanding the West Gulf Blockading Squadron. As commander of the "Hartford," Drayton fought in the Battle of Mobile Bay. He was appointed Chief of the Bureau of Navigation the next year.

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