1856 Samuel Mercer (US navy civil war) signed document [FP.299]

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1856 orders signed by Samuel Mercer (1799-1862), a career US Navy officer who commanded US Powhatan in Charlestn Harbor at the outset of the war and led the squadron that failed to relieve Fort Sumter; he briefly commanded the northern blockade squadron before retirement du eto age.  Document orders George Emerson to transfer from Savannah to Bainbridge; signed by Mercer as the commander of the Brazil Station.  Interesting item worth further research.
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