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Items related to the capture of three men in Apalachicola, Florida. [Decimalized .01-.02]

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GLC#
GLC01430.05-View header record
Type
Header Record
Date
December 1861
Title
Items related to the capture of three men in Apalachicola, Florida. [Decimalized .01-.02]
Place Written
Florida
Pagination
2 items.
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War
Blocker, Haley T., 1818-1897
Floyd, Richard Ferdinand, 1810-1870
Franklin, Cicero, 1836-1862
Futch, John, fl. 1862-1864
Milton, John, 1807-1865
Simmons, B. F., fl. 1861
Spright, L. S., fl. 1861
Prisoner
Prisoner of War
Civil Rights
Military History
Military Law
Criminals and Outlaws
Confederate States of America
Union Forces

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GLC01430.05.01
Collection Item
Manuscript signed

[Copy of special orders instructing Captain Blocker to detain three men]

December 9, 1861

Floyd, Richard Ferdinand, 1810-1870

Floyd, Brigadier General Commanding Florida Forces, instructs Captain Haley T. Blocker, Commander of Coast Guard forces, to proceed to Porter's Bar (possibly located in Apalachicola Bay) "to make captives of John Futch, Cicero Franklin, and L. S...

GLC01430.05.01
GLC01430.05.02
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to John Milton

December 13, 1861

Blocker, Haley T., 1818-1897

Captain Blocker relates events of the capture of John Futch, Cicero Franklin, and L. S. Spright to Milton, Governor of Florida. He states that after hearing that the prisoners were on the Island of St. George, he apprehended them at Porter's Bar...

GLC01430.05.02