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Samuel Francis DuPont, Rear Admiral Commanding, South Atlantic Blocking Squadron, aboard U.S.S. Wabash, orders Commander T.H. Patterson, aboard the U.S.S. James Adger, to take the "Montauk" in tow to Ossabaw Sound, Georgia. DuPont also mentions the ships that are already in the sound. Port Royal Harbor, S.C., January, 1863.

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Flagship Wabash Port-Royal Harbor S.C. Jany 22 1863 Sir When the “Montauk” is ready for sea, and commander Worden deems it proper to move under his orders- you will please take her in tow and carry her to Ossabaw Sound, Coast of Georgia.. A skillful pilot will be sent to you. The “Canandaigua”, Captain J.F. Green, is lying off the bar of Ossibaw [sic]. The “Seneca”, “Wissahickon” and “Dawn”, with a mortar schooner are lying inside. You will remain in Ossabaw to tow back the “Montauk” Respecfully Your obdt Servt [signed]S.F. DuPont Rear Admiral Comdg So Atl Blockg Squadron Comdr T.H. Patterson U.S.S. Jas Adger

Creation Date

1-23-1863

City

Port Royal Harbor

County

Beaufort

State/Province

South Carolina

Country

United States

Creator Life Dates

1803-1865

Keywords

S.F. Du Pont, Samuel Francis Du Pont, South Atlantic Blocking Squadron, blockade, trade, 1863, navy, USS Wabash, Wabash, USS Montauk, Montauk, Ossabaw Sound, Ossabaw, Georgia, pilot, tow, USS Canandaigua, Canandaigua, J.F. Green, USS Seneca, Seneca, Wissahickon, USS Wissahickon, USS Dawn, Dawn, USS James Adger, James Adger, Port Royal, South Carolina

Resource Identifier

080425-21

Date Digital

May 2014

Document Type

Manuscript

Disciplines

Military History | United States History

Format (medium)

manuscript

Format (IMT)

PDF

Language

en-us

Digitization Specifications

800ppi 24-bit depth color; Scanned with an Epson 15000 Photo scanner with Epson Scan software; Archival master is a TIFF; TIFFs converted to PDF with Adobe Acrobat XI Pro.

Source

The original from which this digital representation is taken is housed in The Littlejohn Collection at Wofford College, located in the Sandor Teszler Library.

Creative Commons License

Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License
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S.F. DuPont, aboard U.S.S. Wabash, orders Commander T.H. Patterson, aboard the U.S.S. James Adger, to take the

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