Jn' A. Winslow, Captain, (Union Navy Captain, commander of 'U.S.S. Kearsarge'), one page LS, July 6, 1864 war-date military 'field' letter of recommendation, headed 'U.S.S. Kearsarge at Sea' to Midshipman Edward E. Preble, 'While under fire, In the late action of the Kearsarge and Alabama, I was particularly struck with your marked coolness; and it is but justice to you that I should refer to it, in this letter.', 7¾ x 9½" on blue-lined stationery, light file folds, one of which just affects the signature, very fine

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Jn' A. Winslow, Captain, (Union Navy Captain, commander of 'U.S.S. Kearsarge'), one page LS, July 6, 1864 war-date military 'field' letter of recommendation, headed 'U.S.S. Kearsarge at Sea' to Midshipman Edward E. Preble, 'While under fire, In the late action of the Kearsarge and Alabama, I was particularly struck with your marked coolness; and it is but justice to you that I should refer to it, in this letter.', 7¾ x 9½" on blue-lined stationery, light file folds, one of which just affects the signature, very fine

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Note: Winslow was the Captain of the 'U.S.S. Kearsarge', a Union 'chain-clad' gunboat which engaged and sunk the infamous Confederate raider 'Alabama' off Cherbourg, France on July 19, 1864.