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Document Details


Title: Letter from Gustavus Vasa Fox to Montgomery Blair, April 17, 1861
Document type: Letter
Accessibility: Paid Only
Repository: Alexander Street Press
Collection: The American Civil War: Letters and Diaries (Subscription only)
URL: http://www.alexanderstreet4.com/cgi-bin/asp/cwld/documentidx.pl?aspdocid=S1644-D033
Original Language: English
Time span: 1861
Speaker: Fox, Gustavus Vasa, 1821-1883
Speaker gender: Male
Speaker date of birth: 13-Jun-1821
Speaker place of birth: Saugus, MA; Massachusetts; United States; North America
Speaker race: White
Speaker occupation: Businessman; Government appointee; Military personnel
Age at speaking: 40
Document location: Atlantic Ocean
Document date: 17-Apr-1861
Organizations discussed: Baltic, Ship; Fort Sumter, Charleston, SC; Harriet Lane, Ship; Pawnee, Ship
Locations discussed: Cumming's Point, SC; North America; South Carolina; United States
Topics discussed - ASP terms: Baltic, Ship; Cumming's Point, SC; Fort Sumter, Charleston, SC; Harriet Lane, Ship; North America; Pawnee, Ship; South Carolina; United States
Topics discussed - Other terms: Battles; Bombing attacks; Domestic life; Fleets; Forts; Military; Military defeats; Military maneuvers; Navy ships; Ocean voyages; Post-battle writings; Property destruction; Transportation; Writing formats; Writing from field
ASP release: 2006-01
Document code: S1644-D033-3494