Samuel F. Du Pont to Alfred G. Gray, 21 February 1862
                                                                                                [?] Port Royal
                                                                                                            Feby. 21. 62
 
My Dear Captain
 
            I sent word to the General we could not embark the Marines to day, on consequence of a North Easter having set in.
 
            Thinking you would like to know this I dispatched this word—If we do not get out tomorrow, please drop on board after the Salute or before as you please.
 
            We shall fire at Meridian and have directed the vessels of the squadron / to [?] in [?] their howitzers.
 
            I think it is not a bad place to show our remembrance of the anniversary
 
                                                                                    Respt & truly
                                                                                                Yours
                                                                                                            S F Du[?]
 
Captain Gray
            Cmd. U.S.S. McClellan
                        Port Royal.
1747
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(1747)DL0276.00637Letters1862-02-21

Letter from S. F. D., Port Royal, Virginia, February 21, 1862, to Captain Gray, Commander of U. S. S. McClellan, Port Royal, Virginia


Tags: Fighting, History, Ships/Boats, Weather

People - Records: 2

  • (3532) [writer] ~ Du Pont, Samuel Francis
  • (5041) [recipient] ~ Gray, Alfred G.

Places - Records: 1

  • (247) [origination] ~ Port Royal, Beaufort County, South Carolina

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Samuel F. Du Pont to Alfred G. Gray, 21 February 1862, DL0276.006, Nau Collection