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- GLC#
- GLC02254.01-View header record
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- February 9, 1862
- Author/Creator
- Goldsborough, Louis Malesherbes, 1805-1877
- Title
- [General Order of commendation for efforts at Roanoke Island]
- Place Written
- Roanoke Island, North Carolina
- Pagination
- 1 p. : Height: 18 cm, Width: 31 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Congratulates his men for their work in the capture of Roanoke Island and urges them to continue to "crush the Hydra of rebellion."
Goldsborough was the commanding officer of the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron from 1861 to 1862. He participated in the Battle of Roanoke Island (7-8 February 1862) under the command of Union Army Brigadier General Ambrose E. Burnside, attacking a Confederate fleet off the coast of North Carolina. Written off Roanoke Island.
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