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Letter from Assistant Secretary of the Navy Gustavus Vasa Fox to Lieutenant Commander George Upman Morris, 1864 December 9

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Collection of the Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library, Lexington, Massachusetts. USM 300.006Letter from Assistant Secretary of the Navy Gustavus Vasa Fox to Lieutenant Commander George Upman Morris. Dated December 9, 1864. In this letter, Assistant Secretary of the Navy Fox replies to Morris' November 22, 1864, note. Topics include the application of Commodore George Frederick Pearson, the reassignment of Commander Alexander Murray to Portsmouth, Morris' desire to join Acting Rear Admiral David Dixon Porter's attack, and other naval operations during the Civil War.
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Morris, George Upham, 1830-1875
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Keywords

  1. Civil War
  2. Civil War, 1861 1865
  3. Colhoun, Edmund Ross, 1821 1897
  4. History
  5. Morris, George Upham, 1830 1875
  6. Murray, Alexander, 1816 1884
  7. Naval Operations
  8. Pearson, George F
  9. Porter, David D. (David Dixon), 1813 1891
  10. Sailors
  11. Shawmut (Screw Gunboat)
  12. Smith, Joseph, 1790 1877
  13. United States
  14. United States. Navy

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