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Collection Manuscript/Mixed Material Reports of skirmishes at the Battle of Aquia Creek, Virginia, 1861 Battle of Aquia Creek, Virginia, reports,

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Title

  • Reports of skirmishes at the Battle of Aquia Creek, Virginia, 1861

Other Title

  • Battle of Aquia Creek, Virginia, reports,

Summary

  • Handwritten transcripts of reports of skirmishes at Aquia Creek, Va., May 31-June 11, 1861. Includes three U.S. Navy reports by James Harmon Ward, commander of the USS Thomas Freeborn (steamer), and by Stephen C. Rowan, commander of the USS Pawnee (screw sloop), to U.S. Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles. Also includes reports by Colonel William B. Bate and by M. McCluskey, of the 2nd Tennessee Infantry Regiment, Confederate States of America Army, to Confederate Secretary of War Leroy Pope Walker.

Headings

  • -  Bate, William B.--(William Brimage),--1826-1905
  • -  McCluskey, M
  • -  Rowan, Stephen C.--(Stephen Clegg),--1808-1890
  • -  Walker, Leroy Pope,--1817-1884
  • -  Ward, James Harmon,--1806-1861
  • -  Welles, Gideon,--1802-1878
  • -  United States.--Navy
  • -  Confederate States of America.--Army.--Tennessee Infantry Regiment, 2nd
  • -  Pawnee (Screw sloop)
  • -  Thomas Freeborn (Steamer)
  • -  Aquia Creek (Va.)--History
  • -  United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns
  • -  Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

Notes

  • -  Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Reports of Skirmishes at the Battle of Aquia Creek, Virginia, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
  • -  Handwritten transcripts. [Place of transcription unidentified].
  • -  Exchange, University of Western Ontario, London, Ont., 1938.
  • -  Collection material in English.
  • -  Forms part of: Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection.

Medium

  • 5 items.

Repository

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • mm78002799

Access Advisory

  • Open to research.

Online Format

  • pdf
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(1861) Reports of skirmishes at the Battle of Aquia Creek, Virginia. [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/mm78002799/.

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Reports of skirmishes at the Battle of Aquia Creek, Virginia. 1861. Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/mm78002799/>.