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CSN Captain French Forrest War-dated Letter Signed on imprinted Confederate States Office of Orders and Detail, Navy Depar...
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CSN Captain French Forrest War-dated Letter Signed on imprinted Confederate States Office of Orders and Detail, Navy Department letterhead. One page, 8" x 10" on blue lined paper, Richmond, VA, May 13, 1862. When Virginia seceded from the United States in April 1861, Forrest was made the first and only flag officer of the Virginia State Navy, and assumed command at the Norfolk (then Gosport) Naval Yard. When Virginia joined the Confederate States and merged its military, he joined the navy of the Confederate States of America and was (re)appointed commander of the navy yard at Norfolk, Virginia. He served as the Acting Assistant Secretary of the Confederate Navy, and served two tours of duty as Commander of the James River Squadron.Immediately after Confederate forces abandoned the ship yards in Portsmouth, VA, and destroyed whatever ships could not be moved, CSN Captain French Forrest directed this letter to Lieutenant Commander John Rutledge. It reads: "Sir, You are hereby detached from the CS 'Nansemond,' and will proceed to Savannah GA, and report to Commander Brent... for duty in the Battery from which you were formerly detached. Respectfully, Your Ob. Servant, F. Forrest, Chief of Bureau." Rutledge was returned to his original battery, and did not return to naval duty again until September 1862, when he was named commander of the CSS Palmetto State, a position he held through the end of the Civil War. Letter bears faint age toning, with moderate folds. Very fine condition.
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2010 February Signature Historical Manuscripts Auction #6039 (go to Auction Home page)
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February, 2010
11th-12th
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