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United States. Navy 18 Civil War dispatches, extracts, and general orders issued by U.S. Navy

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07717 Author/Creator: United States. Navy Place Written: Various Places Type: Document Date: 1861/11-1862/06 Pagination: 18 items Order a Copy

Topics include payment of persons called "contrabands", British ships attempting to run the blockade, Naval intelligence, sanitation during the "hot and sickly" season in the south, and legal requirements with regard to captured vessels. Probably printed aboard U.S.S. Minnesota.

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