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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC08519 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 |
| Title | S.W. Gordon to Thomas H. Patterson about reporting contrabands |
| Date | 9 February 1863 |
| Author | Gordon, S. W. (fl. 1846-1871) |
| Recipient | Patterson, Thomas H. |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Military document |
| Content Description | Circular letter signed by Captain Gordon as commander of the USS "Powhatan" to Commander Patterson of the USS "James Adger." Says he has been ordered by the admiral to remind all commanding officers off Charleston of General Order No. 11. Says at the beginning of every month they need to start sending to the commander in chief "a statement in tabular form of the number of contrabands onboard, their rates and the time and terms of their enlistment." |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Navy Blockade Confederate States of America Muster Rolls and Returns African American History Contrabands African American Troops Soldier's Pay |
| Place written | Aboard USS "Powhatan" off Charleston, South Carolina |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Naval & Maritime; African Americans; Slavery & Abolition |
| 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 |
| Civil War: Unit | USS Powhatan |