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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC08372 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 |
| Title | David G. Farragut to Benjamin Butler mentioning his impatience to attack |
| Date | 23 October 1862 |
| Author | Farragut, David Glasgow (1801-1870) |
| Recipient | Butler, Benjamin Franklin |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | "I am now determined to go ahead upon the forts at Mobile, I am only held by the Courts & Boards of examination but will never be in any better condition for the attack than at present, for they are taking away my officers every mail & I will soon be paralyzed for want of officers to govern the vessels. How long will your expedition be gone to Opolusa for. I am becoming very impatient, & will have to go it alone . . . " |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union General Union Forces Navy Confederate States of America Fortification Battle |
| People | Farragut, David Glasgow (1801-1870) Butler, Benjamin Franklin (1818-1893) |
| Place written | Pensacola Bay |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Naval & Maritime |
| 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 |
| Civil War: Theater of War | Lower Seaboard Theater and Gulf Approach |