Letters, 1864-1865.

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Letters, 1864-1865.

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Letters to Hunter from Sidney Smith Lee, captain in charge of the Office of Orders and Detail, C.S.A. Navy Department, from John M. Brooke, commander in charge of the Office of Ordnance and Hydrography, C.S.A. Navy Dept., and from other naval officers regarding ships, supplies, watchwords, men absent without leave and deserters, courts-martial, the laying of torpedoes in the harbor of Savannah, and other naval matters, with numerous references to various Confederate ships.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6971466

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Lee, Sidney Smith.

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Confederate States of America. Navy

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Built in Philadelphia as the Habana, the CSS Sumter was originally used as a blockade runner in New Orleans. In 1861, she was purchased for use by the Confederate Government. Under the command of Raphael Semmes, she captured a number of Union flag merchant ships off the coasts of Cuba and South America, as well as other locations in the western hemisphere. When her boilers became unfit for use and repairs and supplies could not be obtained, she was sold at public auction at Gibraltar on December...

Hunter, William W., active 1844-1852

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Pioneer; participant in 1849 gold rush to California. From the description of Diary-journal of events, etc. on a journey from Missouri to California, 1849. (University of Arizona). WorldCat record id: 31976093 Confederate naval commander, stationed in Savannah, Ga. From the description of Letters, 1864-1865. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19851312 ...

Brooke, John M. (John Mercer), 1826-1906

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John Mercer Brooke was a U.S. and Confederate naval officer, scientist, inventor, and professor at Virginia Military Institute. From the description of John M. Brooke papers, 1859-1898 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 26243089 John Mercer Brooke was a United States and Confederate naval officer, scientist, inventor, and professor at Virginia Military Institute. From the guide to the John M. Brooke Papers, ., 1859-1898, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hil...