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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC08908 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1861 |
| Title | Gideon Welles to William W. McKean redirecting a ship with the aim to impose a blockade on the Mississippi |
| Date | 4 May 1861 |
| Author | Welles, Gideon (1802-1878) |
| Recipient | McKean, William W. |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Redirects a ship, the Niagara under Captain W.W. McKean, originally sent to blockade Charleston to the Gulf of Mexico to "take measures for instituting and carrying into effect a rigid blockade of the Mississippi and such other ports, especially Mobile, as the force under your command will admit." Sends a copy of President Lincoln's proclamation ordering a blockade (not included). Mentions other ships that will participate. Docketed twice. Marked "Copy." |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Lincoln's Cabinet Blockade Navy Confederate States of America President Presidential Speeches and Proclamations |
| People | Welles, Gideon (1802-1878) McKean, William W. (1800-1865) |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Naval & Maritime; The Presidency |
| 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: Theater of War | Lower Seaboard Theater and Gulf Approach |