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- GLC#
- GLC03804.07-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 3 July 1863
- Author/Creator
- Dorr, S.B., fl. 1863
- Title
- to W.H.S. Fintress
- Place Written
- Vicksburg, Mississippi
- Pagination
- 1 p. : docket Height: 31.8 cm, Width: 20.1 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Written by Dorr as commander of USS "Hamilton" to Fintress as the commander of the USS "Rattler." Recommends that Dr. W.H. Wilson of the U.S. Navy on board the "Rattler" be forwarded to the North "to be designated for the benefit of his health." Dorr says Wilson is in a critical state. Also recommends that a trusted officer escort Wilson. Written while aboard the USS "Hamilton"
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