(CIVIL WAR) Du Pont Samuel Francis Official Dispatches and L

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(CIVIL WAR.) Du Pont, Samuel Francis. Official Dispatches and Letters of Rear Admiral Du Pont, U.S. Navy. 8vo, publisher's cloth, some spotting; otherwise nearly flawless. Wilmington, DE, 1883

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first edition, published privately by the admiral's widow. Includes 38 pages of Du Pont's dispatches from the Mexican-American War, many off the coast of California; and almost 500 pages of his Civil War dispatches. He was best known for his successful attack on Port Royal, SC, in 1861 and his failed attack on Charleston in 1863. Howes D589 ("b"); Nevins I:223.