Civil War order, 1862 May 10.

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Civil War order, 1862 May 10.

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Order from General Benjamin Huger, headquarters 1st Division, Department of Norfolk, Va., penned and signed by his adjutant, J. Lyle Clarke, to Lt. Col. Fletcher Harris Archer, notifying him of the evacuation of the Gosport Navy Yard at Norfolk, and directing him to hold his position as long as possible and to blow up his forts, spike his guns, burn his carriages, and destroy his buildings before he is compelled to leave.

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Gosport Navy Yard (U.S.)

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Archer, Fletcher Harris

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Soldier and lawyer of Petersburg, Va. From the description of Papers, 1804-1900. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19105763 From the description of Papers, 1821-1898. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 31977853 Petersburg, Va., lawyer. Archer was a student at the University of Virginia and served as a captain during the Mexican War and a colonel in the Confederate Army. From the description of Letters to Col. Archer from John Wil...

Clarke, J. Lyle (John Lyle), 1833-1898

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Enlisted as captain in 1861; commissioned in Company B, Virginia 21st Infantry Regiment, 1861; in Mar. 1862, near the end of his one-year enlistment, Clarke resigned and joined the staff of General William W. Loring in the Department of Norfolk. From the description of Civil War order, 1862 May 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70971088 ...

Huger, Benjamin, 1805-1877

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Charleston, S.C. plantation owner, U.S. Army officer, and Confederate general. From the description of Letter : Fort Monroe, to "My dear Major," 1846 May 29. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 36866120 Confederate general. From the description of Autograph notes, 1848 Nov. 17 [on opposite page]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269546738 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Fortress Monroe, [18]48 Nov. 28. (Unknown). ...