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Admiral David Glasgow Farragut and H. R. Billings Letter, 1864 July 30

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Scope and Contents Note From the Collection:

This collection consists of a letter dated July 30, 1864 from Rear Admiral David Farragut to H. R. Billings that officially granted Billings's request to be detached from the USS Vincennes.

This letter was written shortly before the battle of Mobile Bay. C. H. Greene received this letter on July 31, 1864 and reported it on August 02, 1864.

Dates: 1864 July 30