Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878 to Mrs. Abner Read

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GLC#
GLC02490.19-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
19 July 1863
Author/Creator
Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878
Title
to Mrs. Abner Read
Place Written
Washington, District of Columbia
Pagination
1 p. : docket Height: 19.7 cm, Width: 12.6 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Relays details of death of Lieutenant Commander Abner Read, who died while patrolling the Mississippi River in command of the USS New London. Blue stamp: "Exchanged by order Secretary Navy."

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