Gershon Van Brunt letter, 1862 March 10.

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Gershon Van Brunt letter, 1862 March 10.

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Typed and photocopy of a letter from Van Brunt, commodore of the frigate "Minnesota," to Gideon Welles, U.S. Secretary of the Navy, giving a firsthand account of the naval battle at Hampton Roads, Virginia (March 9, 1862), where the first encounter of ironclad ships occurred. He describes in detail the battle between the "Monitor" and the "Merrimac" and the role of the "Minnesota" during the encounter.

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Monitor (Ironclad)

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Van Brunt, Gershon Jacques, 1798-1863.

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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...