Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878 to Lewis West
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03836.56 Author/Creator: Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Document signed Date: 24 September 1863 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 25.4 cm, Width: 20.3 cm Order a Copy
Printed document signed by Welles. Orders that West is now detached from the USS "Ladona" and that he is to proceed to New York without delay. He is to report to Rear Admiral Paulding for passage to Charleston, South Carolina and to report to Rear Admiral Dahlgren for duty on an ironclad under his command. Stamp dated 28 September says West was paid 9 dollars in mileage fees. Countersigned by Rear Admiral Hiram Paulding. He noted that West reported for duty on 28 September. Commodore Cornelius Kinchilo Stribling had served in the War of 1812 and the Mexican War before the Civil War. Verso is endorsed by Stribling, Dahlgren and Captain Stephen Rowan of the USS "New Ironsides." It says West reported for duty in Charleston on 5 October.
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