ALS Capt George Beall Balch USS Sloop Pawnee Civil War w. Sketch 1864

  
Of USS Sloop Pawnee Instructs Sailor to See to those leaving the Service [with sketch]. Very good, folded, faint soiling and minor ink smudging. Letter instructs the officer Geo L? Tak[e] charge of the detachment of men whose terms of service have expired, transfer them for passage North in the USS Vermont. You will also report your arrival to to Capt Wm.

Reynolds Cmd US Naval Depot. Dated April 29, 1864 and signed Geo. After serving in the Mexican American War, he joined Matthew Perry's expedition to Japan. In 1862 he was given command of screw-sloop Pawnee at Philadelphia.

And coordinated the towing of ironclad Patapsco south to Port Royal, South Carolina. The USS Pawnee operated with the South Atlantic Squadron in coastal reconnaissance. The verso of the blank contains a sketch of a screw-type apparatus with protruding propeller, undated and in an unknown hand. Fine, Rare, & Unusual Books and Manuscripts.

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