Letter
Gideon Welles to H. A. Allen, January 17, 1865
NAVY DEPARTMENT,
Washington, D. C., January 17, 1865.
[Maj. H. A. ALLEN, Fort Warren, Mass. : SIR: You will please discharge from Fort Warren the officers and seamen that were captured in the insurgent steamer Florida on the expressed condition that they leave the United States within ten days after their liberation.
Very respectfully, We., .
GIDEON WELLES,
Secretary of the Navy.
Secretary of the Navy.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Indian Territory, 1861–62. Location: Washington, D. C.. Summary: Gideon Welles orders the discharge and expulsion within ten days of officers and seamen captured from the Confederate steamer Florida held at Fort Warren.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 8
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