sold Adm. Dahlgren Has “No Fear for the Union” Under Pres. Lincoln’s Leadership
With his son's recent death in mind, he says "What I have has been given freely to the great cause - I and my 3 sons".
Union admiral, commander of the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, inventor of the Dahlgren gun. His 22 year old son Ulric was killed on March 2, 1864, during a failed raid on the Confederate capital of Richmond.
Autograph Letter Signed, 3 pages, U.S. Flagship Philadelphia, Boyd’s Creek, Broad River, December 5, 1864. “I...
Union admiral, commander of the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, inventor of the Dahlgren gun. His 22 year old son Ulric was killed on March 2, 1864, during a failed raid on the Confederate capital of Richmond.
Autograph Letter Signed, 3 pages, U.S. Flagship Philadelphia, Boyd’s Creek, Broad River, December 5, 1864. “I am much indebted for your kind note of the 23rd – most welcome for the patriotic sentiments it expresses. What I have has been given freely to the great cause – I and my three sons. All here that bear the name are in line of battle. One of them shared in the campaign of the Mississippi and saw Vicksburg fall. Another rests in his grave not far from Richmond, the youngest is at West Point. The country has just resolved that it will not change fronts. I have therefore no fear of the Union. Sincerely thanking you for the gratification denoted from the patriotic expressions of your note, J. Dahlgren, Rear Admiral.”
A moving letter by one still in grief for losing his beloved son. His reference to the country not changing fronts is his way of praising the reelection of Lincoln just a month before.
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