Gideon Welles letters, 1861-1862.

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Gideon Welles letters, 1861-1862.

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Three letters associated with Gideon Welles, secretary of the navy under President Abraham Lincoln. The first, dated December 1861, is a brief note from Captain Samuel Marcy of the U.S.S. Colorado requesting news about Confederate preparations for the attack by federal troops on New Orleans in April of 1862. Written by Welles in his official capacity as secretary of the navy in May of 1862, the second letter heartily congratulates General David Farragut on the successful capture of New Orleans from rebel troops. In another letter to General Farragut written in September of 1862, Welles specifies the conditions for carrying out a strict enforcement of the federal blockade of Confederate ports, emphasizing that New Orleans is the only port open to general traffic by the Western Gulf Blockading Squadron.

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Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878

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