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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02115 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 |
| Title | Samuel Francis DuPont to Thomas H. Patterson giving orders on delivering prisoners of war to the proper authorities |
| Date | 19 June 1863 |
| Author | DuPont, Samuel Francis (1803-1865) |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Military document |
| Content Description | Written aboard the U.S.S. Wabash in Port Royal Harbor. Rear Admiral Dupont gives orders to Patterson, commander of the U.S.S. James Adger on delivering prisoners of war to the proper authorities. Instructs Patterson to " ... proceed with the James Adger, under your command to Fortress Monroe and deliver to the proper authorities there the officers and crew of the Confederate ironclad Atlanta, captured on the 17th instant in Wassaw by the ironclad Weehawken, a list of whom is herewith enclosed." Also orders Patterson to take a few other prisoners captured either at North Edisto by Acting Master Dutch of the Kingfischer, or turned in by a Confederate deserter at Savannah. States that Patterson should then proceed to Philadelphia to pick up boilers for the James Adger. Endorsement signed at top by Samuel P. Lee, a rear admiral in the US Navy. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Navy Union Forces Union General Prisoner of War Confederate States of America Ironclad Fortification Desertion Military Supplies |
| People | Du Pont, Samuel Francis (1803-1865) Patterson, Thomas H. (b. 1820) Lee, Samuel Phillips (1812-1897) |
| Place written | Port Royal Harbor, South Carolina |
| 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 |