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THBConfederate Naval Officer and Blockade Runner Duncan N. Ingraham, CDV & Letter Referencing Sherman
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CDV of Confederate Naval Officer Duncan N. Ingraham in uniform, with imprint of W.A. Cox, 56 North Charles Street, Baltimore. Accompanied by ALS, 1p, 5 x 8 in., "Charleston." May 30, [no year].
Ingraham (1802-1891) was a career naval officer who came from a family of navy men. His father, Nathaniel Ingraham, served alongside John Paul Jones and his uncle, Joseph Ingraham, was lost at sea aboard the Pickering. Duncan Ingraham entered the US Navy as a midshipman in June 1812 at the age of 10, and rose to the rank of Captain by 1855. While commanding the sloop-of-war St. Louis in the Mediterranean, Ingraham successfully forced an Austrian war ship to return a Hungarian citizen who, though having declared his intention of becoming an American citizen, was being held as a political prisoner on board the Austrian ship. On August 4, 1854, Congress by joint resolution requested that Ingraham's actions in securing the release of the prisoner be rewarded with a Congressional Gold Medal. In March 1856, Ingraham was appointed Chief of the Navy's Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography. A native of Charleston, South Carolina, Ingraham sided with the Confederacy, and on February 4, 1861, he resigned his commission in the US Navy to serve as Chief of Ordnance, Construction and Repair for the Confederate Naval Service. Ingraham also served as Commandant of the Charleston Naval Station from 1862-1865 and rose to the rank of Commodore. In January 1863, Confederate General P.G.T. Beaureguard claimed that Ingraham and other Confederate naval officers had broken the Federal Blockade of Charleston Harbor with an attack on a portion of the blockading fleet.
The letter offered here is addressed to an unknown recipient, and is a response to a request for "an autograph letter of the Hon. Mr. Lyons." Ingraham replies that he cannot honor the request because all of his papers, letters, etc. were lost in the burning of Columbia by Sherman. He further states that he encloses the only photograph of himself that he has, which is the CDV included in this lot.
Some slight smudging on the letter, however, all text is legible and overall it remains in good condition.Condition
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