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The U.S. Navy Bombardment of Fort Sumter |
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John A. Dahlgren. Autograph Note Signed, to unidentified correspondent, Off Charleston, November 5, 1863. 1 page. (Possibly incomplete, as there is no salutation, though the content does sound like a complete message.)
Inventory# 12515 $5,000
"I wish I had the time, my young friend, to write you, as you ask, a short letter, but every moment is engrossed. Perhaps you might like to see what’s before my eyes - Sumter crumbling away before our cannon, which sound incessantly."
Historic Background:
Dahlgren led the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron. This Union attack against the fort in 1863 was unsuccessful.
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