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Document Details


Title: Letter from David Dixon Porter to Gustavus Vasa Fox, March 28, 1862
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=S1998-D036
Original Language: English
Time span: 1862
Speaker: Porter, David Dixon, 1813-1897
Speaker gender: Male
Speaker date of birth: 08-Jun-1813
Speaker place of birth: Chester County, PA; Pennsylvania; United States; North America
Speaker race: White
Speaker occupation: Military personnel
Age at speaking: 49
Document location: Fishing Smack Bay, LA
Document date: 28-Mar-1862
People discussed: David Glasgow Farragut; Farragut, David Glasgow, 1801-1870
Organizations discussed: U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD
Locations discussed: Louisiana; New Orleans, LA; North America; United States
Topics discussed - ASP terms: David Glasgow Farragut; Farragut, David Glasgow, 1801-1870; Louisiana; New Orleans, LA; North America; U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD; United States
Topics discussed - Other terms: Character judgment; Coal; Education; Entertainment and recreation; Health; Military; Military academies; Military promotions; Navy ships; Political favors; Politics; Post-battle writings; Pre-battle writings; Relationships; Science and Technology; Sons; Travel incidents; Writing formats
ASP release: 2006-01
Document code: S1998-D036-3525