Anders G. Johanson collection of Civil War material, 1861-1864.

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Anders G. Johanson collection of Civil War material, 1861-1864.

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General order (1861 November 28; U.S.S. Savannah, near Tybee Island, Ga.) from John S. Missroon, senior officer, concerning the hoisting and lowering of the U.S. flag on the island; petition (1862 January 2) from fifteen seamen aboard the U.S.S. Augusta, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, addressed to Lieut. Henry L. Howison, executive officer, requesting that he lead an expedition to capture and destroy Confederate schooners operating along the southeastern coast; ALS (1862 August 2; Newport, R.I.) from Samuel Blatchford to Clarence A. Seward relating chiefly to the progress of the Civil War; and order (1864 August 14; New Orleans, La.) of Maj. Gen. Edward Richard Sprigg Canby concerning delivery of Confederate prisoners of war on board the U.S.S. Bienville and U.S.S. Tennessee, side-wheel steamers.

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Johanson, Anders G.

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Collector. From the description of Anders G. Johanson collection of Civil War material, 1861-1864. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70984142 ...

United States. Navy

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Built and launched at New York Navy Yard; commissioned Nov. 12, 1944; scraped in 1993. Served in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. From the description of USS Bon Homme Richard (CV/CVA-31) photograph collection 1944-1971. (The Mariners' Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 41657866 The federal government decided in 1941 to send Supply Corps personnel to Harvard Business School for training in the business of equipping the Navy. This was effected by a transfer...

Bienville (Side-wheel steamer)

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United States. Navy. South Atlantic Blockading Squadron (1861-1865)

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Tennessee (Side-wheel steamer)

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Howison, Henry L.

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Canby, Edward Richard Sprigg, 1817-1873

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Canby was born in Piatt's Landing, Kentucky, to Israel T. and Elizabeth (Piatt) Canby. He attended Wabash College, but transferred to the United States Military Academy, from which he graduated in 1839. He was commissioned a second lieutenant in the 2nd U.S. Infantry and served as the regimental adjutant. Although often referred to as Edward Canby, a biographer has suggested that he was known as "Richard" during childhood and to some friends for most of his life. He was called "Sprigg" by fel...

Seward, Clarence A. (Clarence Armstrong), 1828-1897

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Missroon, John S., -1865

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Blatchford, Samuel, 1820-1893

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Court reporter for the U.S. Circuit Court, 2nd Circuit. From the description of Samuel Blatchford items, 1882-1885. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63936680 Judge From the guide to the Samuel Blatchford letters, 1848-1849, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) Blatchford served as associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1882-1893). From the description of Letters of Samuel Blatchford, 1870, 1...

Savannah (Frigate)

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Augusta (Side-wheel steamer)

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