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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03523.21.62 |
| From Archive Folder | Letters to Assistant Surgeon Henry F. McSherry of the U.S. Navy |
| Title | Henry F McSherry to Gideon Welles acknowledging receiving orders |
| Date | 2 December 1861 |
| Author | McSherry, Henry F. (b. 1837) |
| Recipient | Welles, Gideon |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Written by McSherry as Assistant Surgeon aboard the USS "Vandalia" to Welles as Secretary of Navy. Marked "Copy" at bottom. Acknowledges receiving Welles's order of 30 November 1861 to proceed to Philadelphia and to report to Commodore Pendergast for duty on board the "USS Sciota," a steam gunboat. |
| Subjects | Surgeon Civil War Military History Union Forces Navy Lincoln's Cabinet |
| People | McSherry, Henry F. (b. 1837) Welles, Gideon (1802-1878) |
| Place written | Navy Yard at New York, New York |
| Theme | 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: Recipient Relationship | Comrade |
| Civil War: Theater of War | Main Eastern Theater |