Andrew Hull Foote (LOC - LC-DIG-ppmsca-23164)
From The New-York Times August 27, 1861:
The Great Rebellion …
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DISPATCH TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
WASHINGTON, Monday, Aug. 26. …
Capt. FOOTE has been ordered to the command of the United States naval forces on the Western waters — namely, the Mississippi, Missouri and Ohio Rivers. …
Andrew Hull Foote is taking on a job that would seem to have big implications for the success of General Winfield Scott’s Anaconda Plan.
Scott's Anaconda (LOC - g3701s cw0011000)
