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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC01430.05.01 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1861 |
| Title | Copy of special orders instructing Captain Blocker to detain three men |
| Date | 9 December 1861 |
| Author | Floyd, Richard Ferdinand (1810-1870) |
| Document Type | Military document |
| Content Description | Floyd, Brigadier General Commanding Florida Forces, instructs Captain Haley T. Blocker, Commander of Coast Guard forces, to proceed to Porter's Bar (possibly located in Apalachicola Bay) "to make captives of John Futch, Cicero Franklin, and L. S. Spright & deliver the same to The Execution of this State." Authorized by B. F. Simmons, Assistant Adjutant General and Chief of Staff. Marked as a copy. |
| Subjects | Navy Military History Civil War Prisoner Prisoner of War Confederate States of America Military Law |
| People | Blocker, Haley T. (1818-1897) Floyd, Richard Ferdinand (1810-1870) Simmons, B. F. (fl. 1861) Franklin, Cicero (1836-1862) Futch, John (fl. 1862-1864) Spright, L. S. (fl. 1861) |
| Place written | Apalachicola, Florida |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Naval & Maritime |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Related documents | Haley T. Blocker to John Milton relating the events of the capture of three men in Florida |