Diary of Gideon Welles

Orders from Gideon Welles on the resupply of Fort Sumter

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NAVY DEPARTMENT, Washington, April 5, 1861. Capt. SAMUEL MERCER, Commanding U.S.S. Powhatan, New York: SIR: The United States steamers Powhatan, Pawnee, Pocahontas, and Harriet Lane will compose a naval force, under your command, to be sent to the vicinity of Charleston, S. C. for the purpose of aiding in carrying out the objects of an [...]

Diary of Gideon Welles, War of the Rebellion: from the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies and Navies