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Goldsborough, Louis Malesherbes, 1805-1877 to Stephen C. Rowan

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02254.02 Author/Creator: Goldsborough, Louis Malesherbes, 1805-1877 Place Written: Hampton Roads, Virginia Type: Letter Date: 22 March 1862 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 19 cm, Width: 34 cm Order a Copy

Congratulates Rowan on his victory at New Bern and confides, "I expected nothing less. I trust that Beaufort and Fort Macon will soon share a similar fate with Newberne [sic] -- that is be in your possession."

Rowan was a captain in the United States Navy when he assisted in the capture of New Bern, North Carolina, on 14 March 1862. The battle was led by Brigadier General Ambrose E. Burnside.

Goldsborough, Louis Malesherbes, 1805-1877
Rowan, Stephen Clegg, 1805-1890
Renshaw, Richard T., 1822-1879

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