CSA Secy Navy STEPHEN MALLORY-Autograph Ltr Signed
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Stephen Russell Mallory (1813-1873) CSA Secretary of the Navy. Mallory ardently advocated ironclad warships for the navy. He ordered the conversion of the USS Merrimack into the ironclad CSS Virginia. Its subsequent encounter with the USS Monitor at the battle of Hampton Roads, though inconclusive in terms of the immediate conflict, transformed the face of naval warfare. 4" x 6 ¼" autograph note signed in the text, February 15, 1855. "Mr. Mallory regrets that a previous engagement deprives him of the pleasure of dining with Gen Allen….
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