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Tag Archives: Andrew Hull Foote
Big Tow Operation
150 years ago this fortnight a native son of Seneca Falls, New York wrote some letters home from far, far away at the mouth of the Mississippi River. JOHN was a mate in the Union navy that was preparing for … Continue reading
An Important Sentence
From The New-York Times August 27, 1861: The Great Rebellion … … 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 … Continue reading
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Tagged Anaconda Plan, Andrew Hull Foote, Winfield Scott
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Not Exactly on a War Footing
Rotting Fast at the Brooklyn Navy Yard From The New-York Times March 30, 1861 (The New York Times Archive): Military and Naval Intelligence.; THE BROOKLYN NAVY-YARD. … Matters at the Brooklyn Navy-yard were not so dull for some months as … Continue reading
