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ation with Gens. Irvin McDowell and John Pope, the occupation
of Fredericksburg, Va., and the 2d Manassas Campaign. Miscellaneous
items include a few letters by Gen. Montgomery C.
Meigs, a letter by Comdr. John Rodgers describing his engagement
on the U.S.S. Galena with Confederate batteries near
City Point, Va., a letter by Ann Minerva Macomb, Apr. 17,
1865, concerning the excitement in Washington following the
assassination of President Lincoln, and the war record of Capt.
R. H. Montgomery.
Finding aid available.
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Papers, 1788-1944. ca. 15,500 items.
Includes official, general, and family correspondence of
Capt. John Rodgers (1812-1882), U.S. Navy, along with orders,
returns, telegrams, receipts, inventories, accounts, intelligence
and battle reports, and miscellaneous items. Relates to the
construction and staffing of gunboats for duty on the Ohio and
Mississippi Rivers (U.S.S. Tyler, U.S.S. Conestoga, and U.S.S.
Galena), reconnaissance expeditions along the Mississippi River,
and Rodgers' command of the U.S.S. Galena during the Peninsular
Campaign, the U.S.S. Weehawken during blockade duty
off the coasts of South Carolina and Georgia, and the U.S.S.
Dictator during its trial voyage. Provides information on the
pillage of Beaufort, S.C., black life, the treatment and performance
of black soldiers, drug addiction in the Army of the
Potomac, prize vessels, the movement and disposition of vessels
in the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, the capture of
Forts Walker and Beauregard, attacks on Fort McAllister,
weapons, entertainment, discipline, and the Fort Fisher expedition
of 1865. Correspondents include Andrew J. Drake, Samuel
F. Du Pont, David G. Farragut, Andrew H. Foote, Gustavus V.
Fox, George B. McClellan, Matthew Fontaine Maury, Montgomery
C. Meigs, John S. Missroon, R. J. Oglesby, Samuel L.
Phelps, Roger N. Stembel, and Gideon Welles. Miscellaneous
items include captured Confederate letters and documents, a
letter from Gen. John C. Fremont to James B. Eads, Oct. 3,
1861, a report on the capture of the C.S.S. Atlanta, a comparative
evaluation of monitors and ironclads, and sketches of
Charleston Harbor, Fort Darling, and Fort Fisher and vicinity.
Finding aid available.
Naval Historical Foundation collection.
785
Roe, Francis Asbury (1823-1901) Lt. Comdr., USN
Papers, 1842-1901. ca. 500 items.
In part, transcripts.
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