The letters and documents include orders to move ships and provide aid to a blockade runner, personnel matters, transfers, promotions, repairing and outfitting ships, reporting on the dead and wounded from the “Atlanta,” and other matters. All of the material is more fully described below, generally in chronological order (starting..... More

Partially printed document (9 ¾ x 7 7/8 inches), vignette (1 ¾ x 2 ¼ inches) in upper left corner, completed in manuscript; with a marginal manuscript note: “In case the river is obstructed by ice, the molasses to be landed at the nearest accessible port.” Old fold lines, docketed..... More