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Buchanan, Franklin, 1800-1874 to Lewis Doughty

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03914 Author/Creator: Buchanan, Franklin, 1800-1874 Place Written: Richmond, Virginia Type: Document signed Date: 25 November 1861 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 24.9 cm, Width: 19.9 cm Order a Copy

Receipt from the Confederate States Navy Department for $518.18 for repairs and equipment for Confederate gunboats. Payment made to Lewis Doughty, who signed this document twice, of the Marine Railway Co. Marks down work on 9 ships and the supplies of wood needed to repair them. Approved by Captain Franklin Buchanan, who signed the receipt. Also signed by boatswain W.H. Face. Marked at top as "In Triplicate." Buchanan was a Confederate admiral. In 1845-47, he served as the first Superintendent of the United States Naval Academy, followed by notable Mexican-American War service. In 1859-61, Captain Buchanan was the Commandant of the Washington Navy Yard. During the Civil War he joined the Confederate forces. In August 1862, Buchanan was promoted to the rank of Admiral and sent to command Confederate naval forces at Mobile Bay, Alabama. He oversaw the construction of the ironclad CSS "Tennessee" and was on board her during the Battle of Mobile Bay with Rear Admiral David Glasgow Farragut's Union fleet on 5 August 1864. Wounded and taken prisoner, Admiral Buchanan was not exchanged until February 1865. He was on convalescent leave until the Civil War ended a few months later.

Buchanan, Franklin, 1800-1874

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