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to Thomas H. Patterson

Written by Rear Admiral Dahlgren as on the USS "Harvest Moon" to Commander Patterson of the USS "James Adger." Tells Patterson to bring in the "USS Dai Ching" inside the blockade when weather permits. Also wants Lieutenant Commander Chaplin to report...

GLC08517

to Andrew H. Foote re: Fort Donelson, weapons, etc.

In part: "If you had eleven inch guns instead of 42 pds, I have no doubt you would have silenced Fort Donelson in less than one hour.... I think we see land -- Tennessee ought to be pacified in 30 days"

GLC07034

to Gideon Welles

Telegram as commander of the South-Atlantic Squadron, to Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles, providing the first news from Sherman's army that the march to the sea had been successful: "I have just received a communication from Gen. Sherman's Army...

GLC09330

to unknown

Written by Rear Admiral Dahlgren to an unknown recipient. Dahlgren notes that "The Gunners perpendiculars & Levels you speak of must be some recently invented and highly skientific [sic] tools not generally known, as yet they are certainly beyond our...

GLC05058

Memoir of John A. Dahlgren

GLC07826