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- GLC#
- GLC03310
- Type
- Broadsides, posters & signs
- Date
- 6 August 1864
- Author/Creator
- Farragut, David Glasgow, 1801-1870
- Title
- General Order No. 12
- Place Written
- Mobile, Alabama
- Pagination
- 1 p. : docket Height: 20.2 cm, Width: 12.7 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Written aboard the USS Hartford. Rear Admiral Farragut, as commander of the Western Gulf Blockade Squadron, sends thanks to the crews under his command for their conduct during the Battle of Mobile Bay, which took place on 5 August 1864. Remarks that despite having "witnessed the almost instantaneous annihilation of our gallant companions in the Tecumseh by a torpedo, and the slaughter of their friends, mess-mates and gun-mates on our decks, still there were no evidences of hesitation in following their Commander-in-Chief through the line of torpedoes and obstructions." See GLC04664.01 for a signed draft of this document.
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