Raynors HCA 2017-02
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/23/2017
February 19, 1864, 7-1/2” x 12-1/2,” onboard USS Covington, neatly penned, retained copy reporting the information gained from captured Confederate commander. In part, “I this day took on ... Capt. Delancey (Pilot) who commanded the “Genl. Lovill in the engagement at Memphis. He and the others were returned under the Presidents Proclamation ... to Genl, Buford. ... Captain Delancy superintended the building of several of the Ironclads now lying in Mobile. He reports as follows ... “ He then provides details of the CSS Nashville, the Tennessee, the Baltic, Alabama, and Florida. “There is also another building at Selma which will be finished in four weeks ... He states the number of men lost on the Genl Lovill to be be 45 - had a crew of 80 men ... Admiral Buchanan commands the fleet which comprises 9 vessels. ... E. Montgomery, formerly commander of the Rams on the Miss, commands the Nashville. Mr D. met him at Montgomery, where his family resides ....A.V. Leut. Comdg.”
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