Reminiscences war-wise and otherwise / 1913.

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Reminiscences war-wise and otherwise / 1913.

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Describes problems caused by substitute enlistments for drafted men during the Civil War; discusses vision of Secretary of the Navy, Gideon Welles, in establishing an efficient blockade of the coast of the Confederate states and the role of Cornelius Bushnell in the Union victory at the Battle of Hampton Roads in 1862.

9 p. ; 33 x 22 cm.

Connecticut Historical Society

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Knapp, Frederic, 1826-1921.

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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...

Bushnell, Cornelius S. (Cornelius Scranton), 1826-1896

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