Rowan, Stephen Clegg, 1805-1890 to Lewis H. West

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GLC#
GLC03836.66-View header record
Type
Documents
Date
28 April 1864
Author/Creator
Rowan, Stephen Clegg, 1805-1890
Title
to Lewis H. West
Place Written
Morris Island, South Carolina
Pagination
1 p. : docket Height: 34 cm, Width: 20.8 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Written in secretarial hand and signed by Commodore Rowan as commander of the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron. Orders Acting Master West from the USS "New Ironsides" to the USS "Fernandina." Tells him to report to Commander William Reynolds, the Commander of the Naval Depot at Port Royal, South Carolina, to arrange passage to St. Catherine's, Florida where the "Fernandina" is stationed. Docket signed by three officers. Top signature is illegible, but the other two are by Rowan and Reynolds. Written while aboard the USS "New Ironsides"

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