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- GLC#
- GLC03836.25-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 25 October 1861
- Author/Creator
- West, Lewis H., 1829-?
- Title
- to R. West
- Place Written
- Hampton Roads, Virginia
- Pagination
- 2 p. : docket ; Height: 24.7 cm, Width: 19.4 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Says he was detached from the USS "Wabash," and ordered to take the place of a sick officer on the USS "Alabama." Claims "It is extremely irritating to be shifted about in this way, just as I get accustomed to one ship to be unceremoniously bundled into another." Says the top officers had a "pow wow" on board the "Wabash" last night, no doubt discussing their plans for the upcoming mission. Written while aboard the USS "Alabama".
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