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ton A. Roebling, Aug. 21-30, 1862, and Gouverneur K. Warren,
Aug. 14-Nov. 11, 1862.
Finding aid available.
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Porter, Horace (1837-1921) Lt. Col., USA
Papers, 1854-1921. ca. 1,500 items.
Chiefly correspondence relating to the Port Royal expedition
(including the capture of Hilton Head and Forts Walker
and Beauregard), the siege and capture of Fort Pulaski, the
occupation of Beaufort, S.C., the Battle of Secessionville, the
Tullahoma and Chickamauga campaigns, and the Siege of
Petersburg. Contains comments on camp life, casualties,
ordnance, disease, Union sentiment in the South, black life,
the organization and service of black troops, morale in the
Confederate Army, the attitude of noncombatants in the South,
depredations, foraging expeditions, and the generalship of
Henry W. Benham, Quincy A. Gillmore, and Thomas W.
Sherman.
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Porter Family
Papers, 1811-81. ca. 600 items.
Includes a letter from Gideon Welles to David Dixon Porter,
Aug. 11,1861, informing Porter of his appointment to the rank
of commander in the U.S. Navy; a letter from D. D. Porter to
Secretary William H. Seward, U.S.S. Powhatan, Apr. 21,1861,
explaining his failure to enter Pensacola Bay; and a letter from
Porter to his wife, New Orleans, La., June 6, 1862, concerning
the attitude of noncombatants, the generalship of Benjamin F.
Butler, and the failure of the Navy Department to encourage
Union sentiment in the area.
Finding aid available.
Naval Historical Foundation collection.
738
Potter, William F. Pvt., 3d Louisiana Volunteers
Records, 1865. 2 items.
Material from Potter's trial on the charge of desertion from
the Confederate Army, Feb.-Mar. 1865.
739
Powel, Mary Edith (1846-1931) Collector
Collection, 1747-1922. ca. 32,000 items.
Contains photographs or engravings of Col. Ulric Dahlgren,
Adm. David D. Porter, and Gen. Gouverneur K. Warren; articles
and clippings on the duel between the U.S.S. Monitor and
C.S.S. Merrimac, ordnance, and various officers and inventors:
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