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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC08528 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 |
| Title | David Dixon Porter to Henry Walke ordering a Naval General Court Martial and sending coal down the river |
| Date | 2 November 1862 |
| Author | Porter, David Dixon (1813-1891) |
| Recipient | Walke, Henry |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Military document |
| Content Description | Signed by Acting Rear Admiral Porter as commander of the Mississippi Squadron to Captain Walke as commander of the USS "Carondolet." Says he is sending coal down the river. Orders that army transport cannot have any of it. Says his calculations on the amount to send are based off navy needs alone and none can be loaned to the army. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union General Union Forces Navy Blockade Military Supplies |
| People | Porter, David Dixon (1813-1891) Walke, Henry (fl. 1862) |
| Place written | Cairo, Illinois |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Naval & Maritime |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Civil War: Recipient Relationship | Comrade |
| Civil War: Theater of War | Main Western Theater |
| Civil War: Unit | USS Carondolet |
| Related documents | David Dixon Porter to Henry Walke prohibiting prisoners from going to Vicksburg Civil War order to hold a court martial |