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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03097.01 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1861 |
| Title | Silas Horton Stringham to Samuel Mercer sending congratulations on the recent victory at Forts Hatteras & Clark |
| Date | 8 September 1861 |
| Author | Stringham, Silas Horton (1797-1876) |
| Document Type | Military document; Correspondence |
| Content Description | Written at Fortress Monroe. Stringham, Flag Officer and Commander of the Atlantic Blockading Squadron, writes to Mercer, Captain of the Wabash, flagship of the Squadron. Reports, "It affords me pleasure to be the medium for forwarding to you a copy of the Hon. Sec. of the Navy congratulations on our recent victory at Forts Hatteras & Clark. You will please have it read to the Officers and crew." Gideon Welles served as Secretary of the Navy 1861-1869. In August 1861 General Benjamin Franklin Butler's army joined force with Stringham's Squadron, capturing Forts Hatteras and Clark, located on the Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina, in a key naval victory for the Union. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Blockade Navy Government and Civics Battle Confederate States of America Lincoln's Cabinet Fortification |
| People | Stringham, Silas H. (1798-1876) Mercer, Samuel (fl. 1861) Welles, Gideon (1802-1878) |
| Place written | Hampton Roads, Virginia |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Naval & Maritime; Government & Politics |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Gideon Welles served as Secretary of the Navy 1861-1869. In August 1861 General Benjamin Franklin Butler's army joined force with Stringham's Squadron, capturing Forts Hatteras and Clark, located on the Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Civil War: Theater of War | Main Eastern Theater |