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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC08576 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 |
| Title | Divisional order |
| Date | 16 May 1863 |
| Author | Turner, Thomas (b. 1808) |
| Document Type | Military document |
| Content Description | Signed by Commodore Turner. This copy of the order could have been sent to Captain Thomas H. Patterson of the USS "James Adger," as the docket says "Jas Adger." Demands great vigilance of the blockaders. Has received information on a large fleet of steamers at Nassau ready to run the blockade. Reports that 1 steamer and 5 sailing vessels escaped Charleston Harbor last night, and only 2 were captured. Says two nights earlier a steamer ran into the north channel of the harbor without a shot being fired at it. Claims that most ships that attempt to run the blockade do so at high tide, but that last night one slipped out at low tide. |
| Subjects | Navy Blockade Union Forces Civil War Union General Military History Caribbean Confederate States of America Ironclad Steamboat |
| People | Turner, Thomas |
| Place written | Aboard USS "New Ironsides" off Charleston, South Carolina |
| 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 |