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Halleck, H. W. (Henry Wager) (1815-1872) to: Lieut. S. L. Phelps, U.S.N. Commanding the Gunboats, Tenn River.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05601.035 Author/Creator: Halleck, H. W. (Henry Wager) (1815-1872) Place Written: St. Louis Type: Autograph document signed Date: 1862/02/12 Pagination: 1 p. + docket Order a Copy

"If possible go to the Cumberland River with two of your gunboats to reinforce Com. Foote, leaving the other at the Bridge or Fort Henry. [p.s.] Send this to comg. officer at Paducah with orders to forward it with all possible dispatch."

Halleck, Henry Wager, 1815-1872
Foote, Andrew H. (Andrew Hull), 1806-1863
Phelps, S.L., fl. 1862

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