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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC08575 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 |
| Title | David Porter Dixon to Henry Walke with orders to send USS General Bragg for repairs at Memphis |
| Date | 7 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 "Carondelet." Tells him to send the "General Bragg" to Memphis for any repairs. Says there is too little water in the river around Cairo for the "Bragg." |
| Subjects | Navy Blockade Union Forces Civil War Union General Military History |
| People | Porter, David Dixon (1813-1891) |
| 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 |