ALS : Port Royal Harbor, South Carolina, to John Lorimer Worden, 1863 Jan 20.

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ALS : Port Royal Harbor, South Carolina, to John Lorimer Worden, 1863 Jan 20.

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The letter is a confidential order written by Rear Admiral Du Pont on his flagship, the WABASH, to Commander Worden of the Monitor MONTAUK odering Worden to attack Fort McAllister, Ga., and the Confederate privateer NASHVILLE waiting in the Great Ogeechee River for a chance to run the Federal blockade. The letter is accompanied by an engraving of Alonso Chappel's portrait of Rear Admiral Du Pont seated with a map.

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Nashville (Ship)

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Worden, John Lorimer, 1818-1897

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Commander of the Monitor. From the description of Letter, [ca. 1847-1897?], to Mr. Allen, Secy. of the Club. (Brown University). WorldCat record id: 122593589 Naval officer. From the description of Papers, 1862-1899. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155451897 From the description of Papers of John Lorimer Worden, 1861-1898. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78142402 John Lorimer Worden was a naval officer who was born in Westchester County, N.Y. He w...

Du Pont, Samuel Francis, 1803-1865

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Samuel Francis DuPont commanded the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron from September 1861 to June 1863. During this period he directed many successful operations including the campaign which resulted in the fall of Port Royal, SC, on November 7, 1861. From the description of Letter, March 28, 1862. (Naval War College). WorldCat record id: 46326546 U.S. rear admiral commanding the blockading squadron. From the description of ALS : Port Royal Harbor, S.C., to Lt. ...

Montauk (Ironclad).

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