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[Collection of 4 documents pertaining to Confederate ironclads] Decimalized

GLC08155

to Charles Magill Conrad

Refers to Conrad's letter asking if there is any new legislation before the session comes to a close. Discusses the efforts being made to build iron plated vessels for the Confederacy in Europe and estimates its cost at 2 million dollars. Discusses...

GLC08155.01

to Jefferson Davis

Recommends measures be adopted for construction and delivery of 10 ironclad war ships to this government in Southern Europe. Refers to an enclosed estimate for the ships. States the amount may seem large but that the importance of building ships...

GLC08155.02

[Estimate of the cost for construction of 10 ironclad war ships]

Estimates cost for the construction, armanment, and equipment of 10 ironclads in southern Europe at ten million dollars in sterling funds. Stephen R. Mallory was the Confederate Secretary of the Navy.

GLC08155.03

to the Confederate Senate and the House of Representatives

Transmits communication from the Secretary of the Navy to be read in secret session. He asks for their special attention to the subject.

GLC08155.04

to Andrew Johnson

Signed by Acting Rear Admiral Lee as Commander of the Mississippi Squadron to President Johnson. Lee says that John Mercer Brooke of Virginia, who is now in Richmond, is deserving of amnesty. Says Brooke was trained in the U.S. Navy, resigned to...

GLC02029.01

to unknown

Mentions Mr. Woodman and a provostship. Writes "Charleston is to be taken on the field of battle - by beating their armies," a reference to the unsuccessful ironclad attack on Fort Sumter 7 April 1863 undertaken by Union admiral Samuel F. DuPont.

GLC02095.11

to Thomas H. Patterson

Written aboard the U.S.S. Wabash in Port Royal Harbor. Rear Admiral Dupont gives orders to Patterson, commander of the U.S.S. James Adger on delivering prisoners of war to the proper authorities. Instructs Patterson to " ... proceed with the James...

GLC02115

to Munn & Company

Written by Ericsson, the Swedish immigrant inventor responsible for building the first Union ironclad ship, to the Munn & Company as proprietors of the magazine "Scientific American." Writes that he is returning their article "on the subject of my...

GLC02106

[Address at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art]

Address at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, mapping the path to Union victory. Powerful congressman in the New York Democratic Party, with ties to senior Union political and military leadership, assesses the war: "We cannot...

GLC09245