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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC05060 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 |
| Title | Joseph Smith to Andrew Hull Foote regarding naval affairs and government difficulties surrounding African Americans in the army |
| Date | 11 July 1862 |
| Author | Smith, Joseph (1790-1877) |
| Recipient | Foote, Andrew H. (Andrew Hull) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Rear Admiral Smith writes to Admiral Foote. Discusses Naval affairs, noting "Congress has got the Navy Laws in a complete labyrinth." Also comments, "The Govt. is in a quandry about Army affairs. I hope they will come out well. The everlasting nigger is chief component of the difficulties." Marked "Private" at the top and again in post script. Also in post script, notes that Foote is " a model man of the times." |
| Subjects | Congress Law Civil War Military History Union General Union Forces Navy African American History Slavery |
| People | Smith, Joseph (1790-1877) Foote, Andrew H. (Andrew Hull) (1806-1863) |
| Place written | s.l. |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Naval & Maritime; Law; Government & Politics; African Americans |
| 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 |