Kate Kelsey letter, 1921.

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Kate Kelsey letter, 1921.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/85845125

This collection contains a letter from Kate Kelsey to Mary Anderson, 1921, thanking her for a pamphlet she sent to Kelsey. The letter also contains details of Commodore Josiah Tattnall's encounter with federal gun boats on the Savannah River while carrying supplies to Fort Pulaski. Kelsey's father called this the most gallant act he witnessed during the Civil War.

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Georgia Historical Society

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Georgia Historical Society

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Tattnall, Josiah, 1795-1871

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Josiah Tattnall (1795-1871) was the son of Governor Josiah Tattnall and Harriet Fenwick Tattnall. At the age of 10, he was sent to London for his education, where he remained until he was sixteen. Upon his return, he was appointed midshipman in the U.S. Navy. He had attained the rank of Commander when he resigned in 1861 to return to Georgia. He was appointed Senior Flag Officer of the Georgia Navy. In 1862, with the rank of Captain CSN, he was in command of Confederate naval defenses in Virgini...

Confederate States of America. Navy

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Built in Philadelphia as the Habana, the CSS Sumter was originally used as a blockade runner in New Orleans. In 1861, she was purchased for use by the Confederate Government. Under the command of Raphael Semmes, she captured a number of Union flag merchant ships off the coasts of Cuba and South America, as well as other locations in the western hemisphere. When her boilers became unfit for use and repairs and supplies could not be obtained, she was sold at public auction at Gibraltar on December...

Kelsey, Kate, b. ca. 1877.

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Kate Kelsey was the daughter of Albert Warren Kelsey, author of Autobiographical Notes and Memoranda, 1840-1910. From the description of Kate Kelsey letter, 1921. (Georgia Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 85845125 ...