| Title: |
Letter from David Glasgow Farragut to Gideon Welles, August 12, 1864
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| Document type: |
Letter
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| Accessibility: |
Paid Only
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| Repository: |
Alexander Street Press
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| Collection: |
The American Civil War: Letters and Diaries (Subscription only)
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| URL: |
http://www.alexanderstreet4.com/cgi-bin/asp/cwld/documentidx.pl?aspdocid=S1877-D124
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
1864
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| Speaker: |
Farragut, David Glasgow, 1801-1870
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
05-Jul-1801
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| Speaker place of birth: |
Knoxville, TN; Tennessee; United States; North America
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| Speaker race: |
White
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| Speaker occupation: |
Military personnel
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| Age at speaking: |
63
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| Document location: |
Mobile Bay, AL
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| Document date: |
12-Aug-1864
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| People discussed: |
Buchanan, Franklin, 1800-1874; Canby, Edward Richard Sprigg, 1817-1873; Drayton, Percival, 1812-1865; Edward Richard Sprigg Canby; Franklin Buchanan; Jenkins, Thornton Alexander, 1811-1893; Percival Drayton; Thornton Alexander Jenkins
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| Organizations discussed: |
Brooklyn, Ship; Fort Gaines, AL; Fort Morgan, AL; Hartford, Ship; Metacomet, Ship; Selma, Ship; Tecumseh, Ship; Tennessee, Ship
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Brooklyn, Ship; Buchanan, Franklin, 1800-1874; Canby, Edward Richard Sprigg, 1817-1873; Drayton, Percival, 1812-1865; Edward Richard Sprigg Canby; Fort Gaines, AL; Fort Morgan, AL; Franklin Buchanan; Hartford, Ship; Jenkins, Thornton Alexander, 1811-1893; Metacomet, Ship; Percival Drayton; Selma, Ship; Tecumseh, Ship; Tennessee, Ship; Thornton Alexander Jenkins
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Battles; Bombing attacks; Broken bones; Deaths from war; Economics; Fleets; Forts; Generals; Health; Ironclads; Limb wounds; Military; Military heroism; Military maneuvers; Military strategy; Military war casualties; Navy ships; Negotiations; Politics; Shipboard crews; Transportation; Truces; Writing formats; Writing from field
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| ASP release: |
2006-01
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| Document code: |
S1877-D124-2103
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