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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02469.01 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 |
| Title | Judah Philip Benjamin to Henry A. Wise regarding importing "some cargoes of iron" from abroad under the English flag |
| Date | 12 January 1862 |
| Author | Benjamin, Judah Philip (1811-1884) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Written on letterhead of the War Department of the Confederate States by Acting Secretary of War Judah Benjamin to Brigadier General Wise. States that the bearer of this letter, William A. Pratt, wants to import "some cargoes of iron" from abroad under the English flag. He wants to then run them ashore on small vessels. Asks Wise to facilitate the enterprise as far as he possibly could. |
| Subjects | Civil War Confederate General or Leader Confederate States of America Blockade Maritime Merchants and Trade Commerce Privateering Global History and Civics Government and Civics Judaism |
| Place written | Richmond, Virginia |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Foreign Affairs; Merchants & Commerce |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Wise served in the United States Congress from 1833 to 1844. He was United States minister to Brazil from 1844 to 1847. He served as the Governor of Virginia from 1856 to 1859. Wise County, Virginia was named after him shortly after he became Governor. One of his last official acts as Governor was to sign the death warrant of John Brown. Wise served as a brigadier general in the Confederate Army. He commanded the District of Roanoke Island in North Carolina during the battle of Roanoke Island. He commanded a brigade in the Army of Northern Virginia during the siege of Petersburg, and was with Robert E. Lee at Appomattox Court House, where he fought bravely but urged Lee to surrender. He was the brother-in-law of Union General George G. Meade. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |