Raynors HCA 2018-03
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DAHLGREN, John Adolphus Bernard(1809-1870) was a United States Navy officer who founded his service's Ordnance Department and launched major advances in gunnery. Dahlgren devised a smoothbore howitzer, adaptable for many sizes of craft as well as shore installations. He then introduced a cast-iron muzzle-loading cannon with vastly increased range and accuracy, known as the Dahlgren gun, that became the Navy's standard armament. In the Civil War, Dahlgren was made Commander of the Washington Navy Yard, where he established the Bureau of Ordnance. In 1863, he took command of the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron at the rank of Rear Admiral, and helped William Tecumseh Sherman secure Savannah, Georgia. War-date Union officer Autograph Letter Signed “JA. Dahlgren” as Rear Admiral Commanding, 1pp. quarto, Flag Ship, ‘Philadelphia’ Charleston Harbor June 8, 1865, addressed to Lt. Churchill, in Charge of Squadron Divers, and reads “You will send another diver to Port Royal by the first public conveyance.” Fine condition.
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