Henry A. Phelon Papers, . 1861-1906

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Henry A. Phelon Papers, . 1861-1906

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Henry A. Phelon (born 1831) was a United States naval officer and merchant. The collection includes letters primarily from Henry A. Phelon to his fiancee, Josephine Brand, containing descriptions of Civil War naval activity off the coast of Virginia and North Carolina, while he served as executive officer on the Victoria and the Commodore Perry, commanded the gunboat Shawsheen, served as executive officer of the Atlanta, and, in July 1864, took command of the Monticello in the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron under Rear Adm. Samuel P. Lee, in whose squadron he later commanded the Daylight. Included are letters, 1880-1906, to Phelon from Thomas J. Woodward of New Orleans, La., discussing their shared wartime experiences and postwar lives; and correspondence with Katharine Abell Cushing of Fredonia, N.Y., daughter of Commodore William Barker Cushing, asking Phelon's help with a biography of her father. Also included is biographical data about Phelon and some data concerning the pension Josephine Brand Phelon received after his death.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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Phelon, Henry A., 1831-1902

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Henry A. Phelon (born 1831) was a United States naval officer and merchant. Pelon was born in Nantucket, Mass., and moved to West Springfield, Mass., in 1841 with his parents Mary Ann Folger Phelon and Henry Phelon. He became a sailor in 1848 and thereafter served on whaling ships and in the merchant service, eventually obtaining the rank of captain. During the Civil War he volunteer for service with the United States Navy and in February 1862 received a commission as acting master. He served as...