1863 Civil War LETTER Admiral John Adolphus DAHLGREN ships Patapsco & Nantucket

Description: A spectacular Civil War artifact from a collector's estate: December 11, 1863 hand-written letter by Rear Admiral John Adolphus Dahlgren (Union Navy), written on-board of Flag Ship Philadelphia. Reads: ----Flag Ship Philadelphiaoff Morris IslandDecember 11, 1863 Sir, On the arrival of the "Patapsco" at Warsaw, to relieve the "Nantucket", you will report to commander T.H. Stevens as Executive Officer of the "Patapsco" , until the arrival of your relief. Very respectfullyYour obedient servantJA DahlgrenRear Admiral... SAB Squadron Lieut. H.L. Harrison(?) U.S.S. Nantucket ---- Written in ink on a sheet of white stationery paper with embossed image of a building (Capitol?) in top left corner. Professionally mounted on a mat together with Dahlgren's portrait and framed under glass - see photos. The frame measures 20 1/4" by 15 3/4". About the author of the letter: "John Adolphus Bernard Dahlgren (November 13, 1809 – July 12, 1870) was a United States Navy officer and inventor, who founded his service's Ordnance Department and launched significant advances in gunnery. Dahlgren devised a smoothbore howitzer, adaptable for many sizes of craft and shore installations. He then introduced a cast-iron muzzle-loading cannon with vastly increased range and accuracy, known as the Dahlgren gun, that became the U.S. Navy's standard armament. In the Civil War, Dahlgren was made commander of the Washington Navy Yard, where he established the Bureau of Ordnance. In 1863, he took command of the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron at the rank of rear admiral. He helped William Tecumseh Sherman secure Savannah, Georgia..." (from Wikipedia) A rare and important historical document that would compliment any serious Civil War collection. FREE SHIPPING to Canada and continental U.S.

Price: 250 USD

Location: Pincourt, Quebec

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