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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC07717 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents: Miscellaneous Dates |
| Title | 18 Civil War dispatches, extracts, and general orders issued by U.S. Navy |
| Date | November 1861-June 1862 |
| Author | U.S. Navy |
| Document Type | Military document |
| Content Description | 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. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Navy African American History Soldier's Pay Contrabands Blockade Global History and Civics Foreign Affairs Health and Medical Personal Hygiene Law |
| Place written | [various places] |
| Theme | The American Revolution; Naval & Maritime; African Americans; Slavery & Abolition; Health & Medicine |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |