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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02070 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 |
| Title | Joseph Foster Green to Thomas H. Patterson regarding blockade duty |
| Date | 10 October 1864 |
| Author | Green, Joseph Foster (1811-1897) |
| Recipient | Patterson, Thomas H. |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Military document |
| Content Description | Written by Captain Green to Captain Patterson as the commanding officer of the USS "James Adger" on blockade duty. Says he has sent the captain of the USS "Geranium" to report to Patterson for blockade duty. Is transmitting dispatches for Rear Admiral John A. Dahlgren and asks them to be forwarded in the event of the admiral not arriving tonight. Informs Patterson that on board the "Geranium" will be a Captain Fox of the army and a contraband who escaped from Charleston last week. They are to meet with the admiral. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Navy Union Forces Blockade Union General African American History Contrabands Confederate States of America Slavery |
| Place written | Aboard USS John Adams off Morris Island, 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 |