LINCOLN ABRAHAM Partly printed vellum Document Signed as Pre

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APPOINTING COMMANDER OF IRONCLAD KILLED IN ACTION LINCOLN, ABRAHAM. Partly-printed vellum Document Signed, as President, appointing George W. Rodgers Commander in the Navy. Countersigned by Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles. 17x14 inches; folds, paper seal intact, bold signature. Washington, 21 February 1863

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Rodgers (1822-1863) commanded the ironclad monitor USS Catskill during the attacks on Charleston in 1863; in the attack on Fort Wagner on August 17, Rodgers was killed by a shot that destroyed the pilothouse; he was a son of Rear Admiral Christopher Raymond Perry Rodgers.