Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878 Commodore Charles Wilkes's court martial
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00267.348 Author/Creator: Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Book Date: 1864 Pagination: 1 v. : 325 p. : Height: 22.4 cm, Width: 14.5 cm Order a Copy
First 301 pages is the document titled "Commodore Charles Wilkes's Court-Martial," while the last 24 pages is a separate document titled "Commodore Charles Wilkes's Court of Inquiry." A report submitted by Secretary of the Navy Welles to the House of Representatives consisting of correspondence and documents pertaining to the court martial and court of inquiry of Charles Wilkes in 1864. Wilkes's court martial stemmed from a scathing letter he wrote expressing his anger about Welles's report on Wilkes's behavior after the Trent affair. Wilkes was the commander of the vessel that captured two Confederate diplomats on a neutral vessel, an event which almost led to war between the United States and Britain and France. This is a bound document, which appears to have been pulled from a larger bound book -- otherwise the book simply does not have a cover.
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