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Document Details


Title: Letter from David Dixon Porter to Gustavus Vasa Fox, June 7, 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-D044
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: New Orleans, LA
Document date: 07-Jun-1862
People discussed: Benjamin Franklin Butler; Butler, Benjamin Franklin, 1818-1893; David Glasgow Farragut; Farragut, David Glasgow, 1801-1870
Locations discussed: Mississippi; North America; United States; Vicksburg, MS
Topics discussed - ASP terms: Benjamin Franklin Butler; Butler, Benjamin Franklin, 1818-1893; David Glasgow Farragut; Farragut, David Glasgow, 1801-1870; Mississippi; North America; United States; Vicksburg, MS
Topics discussed - Other terms: Chain of command; Correspondence; Economics; Intellectual life; Military; Military maneuvers; Military strategy; Navy ships; Writing formats; Writing from field
ASP release: 2006-01
Document code: S1998-D044-3525