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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC08527 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 |
| Title | David Dixon Porter to Henry Walke prohibiting prisoners from going to Vicksburg |
| Date | 28 December 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 "Carondelet." Says Walke is not to let prisoners go to Vicksburg for any reason, nor to allow them any further communication with that place. Tells him to keep the "Minnehaha" under his guns and to make sure the ship does not keep up enough steam to move. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union General Union Forces Navy Blockade Prisoner of War Confederate States of America |
| People | Porter, David Dixon (1813-1891) Walke, Henry (fl. 1862) |
| Place written | s.l. |
| 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 |
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