Floyd, Richard Ferdinand, 1810-1870 [Copy of special orders instructing Captain Blocker to detain three men]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01430.05.01 Author/Creator: Floyd, Richard Ferdinand, 1810-1870 Place Written: Apalachicola, Florida Type: Manuscript signed Date: December 9, 1861 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 25.8 cm, Width: 19.6 cm Order a Copy
Floyd, Brigadier General Commanding Florida Forces, instructs Captain Haley T. Blocker, Commander of Coast Guard forces, to proceed to Porter's Bar (possibly located in Apalachicola Bay) "to make captives of John Futch, Cicero Franklin, and L. S. Spright & deliver the same to The Execution of this State." Authorized by B. F. Simmons, Assistant Adjutant General and Chief of Staff. Marked as a copy.
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