Letter, July 11, 1864.

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Letter, July 11, 1864.

Holograph letter to LCDR John G. Walker, USN, CO, USS Saco, dated July 11, 1864, U.S. Navy Yard, Boston, MA. Ordering him to report to Washington, D.C. and to inform SECNAV Gideon Welles of his arrival. The Engineer and Medical Officer of the Massasoit are to report to him for duty.

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Massasoit (Ship)

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Walker, John Grimes, 1835-1907

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Walker was an instructor at the U.S. Naval Academy; secretary, then chairman of the Lighthouse Board; served as Chief of the Navigation Board; was a member of the Nicaragua Canal Commission; and president of the Isthmian Canal Commission. From the description of The Admiral John G. Walker collection of family papers. 1865-1907. (Wichita State University). WorldCat record id: 32915790 John Grimes Walker was an American naval officer who helped lead the siege of Vicksburg duri...

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...

Saco (Ship)

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Stringham, Silas Horton, 1798-1876

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American naval officer. From the description of Endorsement of an order : Norfolk, Va., 1851 Nov. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270580762 Stringham was an admiral in the Union navy during the Civil War, 1861-1865. From the description of Letter, July 11, 1864. (Naval War College). WorldCat record id: 741500251 Naval officer. From the description of Papers, 1861-1889. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155451542 ...