Autograph telegram signed : [Hampton Roads?], to Gideon Welles, [1864? Feb. 25].
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Porter, David D. (David Dixon), 1813-1891
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U.S. naval officer. From the description of Papers, 1847-1877. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20077865 Admiral David Dixon Porter was born in Chester, PA, on June 8, 1813. He was instrumental in Farragut's capturing of New Orleans in 1862 when he set off 20,000 bombs to destroy the Confederate forts, Jackson and Saint Philip. This allowed Farragut to sail past the forts and up the Mississippi to New Orleans. He also was instrumental in the Battle of Vicksburg...
Trenchard, Stephen Decatur
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American naval officer (1818-1883). From the description of Autograph telegram signed : [Hampton Roads?], to Gideon Welles, [1864? Feb. 25]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270573123 Ms. note : (Rear Admiral, USN.). From the description of Letter, 1873, April 4, Washington, to H. H. Tilley. (Brown University). WorldCat record id: 122622762 ...
Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878
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A native of Glastonbury, Conn., Gideon Welles began his career as a lawyer but took up journalism as a profession, founding the Hartford Times, which he also edited, in 1826. Active in the Democratic Party in Connecticut, he served in the Connecticut state legislature and in several state offices. He later shifted his allegiance to the Republican Party due to his strong anti-slavery views and founded the Hartford Evening Press, a zealously Republican newspaper. President Abraham Lincoln appointe...
