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Title: Captain Percival Drayton (1812-1865), U.S. Navy
Date(s): 1862/1863, 1862, 1863
Contributor(s): Du Pont, Samuel Francis, 1803-1865 (former owner)
Description: Career Navy officer Percival Drayton served as a junior commander in the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron under Rear-Admiral Samuel Francis Du Pont and later as Fleet Captain of the West Gulf Blockading Squadron under Rear-Admiral David G. Farragut.
Collection ID: Samuel Francis du Pont photographs (Accession 2010.269)
Hagley ID: 2010_269_W9_18824
Collection: Civil War collections

Title: Percival Drayton to Samuel Francis du Pont, 1862-06-19
Date(s): 1862-06-19
Contributor(s): Drayton, Percival, 1812-1865 (correspondent), Du Pont, Samuel Francis, 1803-1865 (correspondent)
Description: Drayton reports that the Norwich has arrived and that he will send out the Hale and Henry Andrew tomorrow. He remarks that the losses at Secessionville are even higher than first rumored and that it had been a mad undertaking. Drayton is surprised that the Confederates did not open fire on the retreating troops for, if they had, Drayton believes nothing then could have prevented a stampede. General Benham is the scapegoat and, due to his previous unpopularity, does not have any support from...
Show moreDrayton reports that the Norwich has arrived and that he will send out the Hale and Henry Andrew tomorrow. He remarks that the losses at Secessionville are even higher than first rumored and that it had been a mad undertaking. Drayton is surprised that the Confederates did not open fire on the retreating troops for, if they had, Drayton believes nothing then could have prevented a stampede. General Benham is the scapegoat and, due to his previous unpopularity, does not have any support from his fellow officers. Drayton also relays information provided him by two Contrabands that have arrived there.
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Collection ID: Winterthur Manuscripts (Accession WMSS). Group IX. Samuel Francis du Pont and Sophie Madeleine du Pont papers
Hagley ID: WMSS_9_B_12822
Collection: Civil War collections, Samuel Francis du Pont and Sophie Madeleine du Pont papers (Winterthur)

Title: List of Cargo and Ship's Property of Captured Schooner "Glide", 1863-02
Date(s): 1863-02
Contributor(s): Drayton, Percival, 1812-1865 (correspondent)
Collection ID: Winterthur Manuscripts (Accession WMSS). Group IX. Samuel Francis du Pont and Sophie Madeleine du Pont papers
Hagley ID: WMSS_9_B_14310
Collection: Civil War collections, Samuel Francis du Pont and Sophie Madeleine du Pont papers (Winterthur)

Title: Percival Drayton to Samuel Francis du Pont, 1863-03-13
Date(s): 1863-03-13
Contributor(s): Drayton, Percival, 1812-1865 (correspondent), Du Pont, Samuel Francis, 1803-1865 (correspondent)
Description: Drayton writes to clarify some communication issues concerning the orders from du Pont given to Mr. Dennis, commanding officer of the Coast Survey schooner Casewell, to withdraw from Wassaw Sound.
Collection ID: Winterthur Manuscripts (Accession WMSS). Group IX. Samuel Francis du Pont and Sophie Madeleine du Pont papers
Hagley ID: WMSS_9_B_14441
Collection: Civil War collections, Samuel Francis du Pont and Sophie Madeleine du Pont papers (Winterthur)

Title: Percival Drayton to Samuel Francis du Pont, 1863-02-24
Date(s): 1863-02-24
Contributor(s): Drayton, Percival, 1812-1865 (correspondent), Du Pont, Samuel Francis, 1803-1865 (correspondent)
Description: Drayton reports on Marblehead's interception of the pilot boat schooner, Glide. A boat from the Surveying Schooner Casewell boarded the Glide and her commanding officer considers it captured, although Drayton defers the matter to du Pont and Congress. Drayton reports further on the state of the blockade in Wassaw Sound.
Collection ID: Winterthur Manuscripts (Accession WMSS). Group IX. Samuel Francis du Pont and Sophie Madeleine du Pont papers
Hagley ID: WMSS_9_B_14309
Collection: Civil War collections, Samuel Francis du Pont and Sophie Madeleine du Pont papers (Winterthur)

Title: Percival Drayton to Samuel Francis du Pont, 1863-02-27
Date(s): 1863-02-27
Contributor(s): Drayton, Percival, 1812-1865 (correspondent), Du Pont, Samuel Francis, 1803-1865 (correspondent)
Description: Drayton reports that Mr. Dennis, captain of the Coast Survey Schooner Casewell, refuses to recognize Drayton's authority and is viewing the port blockade as a joint effort. Drayton asks du Pont to use his authority to have Dennis withdraw from those places where his interference might be an inconvenience to the Union naval operations.
Collection ID: Winterthur Manuscripts (Accession WMSS). Group IX. Samuel Francis du Pont and Sophie Madeleine du Pont papers
Hagley ID: WMSS_9_B_14326
Collection: Civil War collections, Samuel Francis du Pont and Sophie Madeleine du Pont papers (Winterthur)

Title: Robert W. Scott to Percival Drayton, 1863-02-23
Date(s): 1863-02-23
Contributor(s): Scott, Robert W. (correspondent), Drayton, Percival, 1812-1865 (correspondent)
Description: One of two copies of a letter in which Scott reports that the Marblehead has intercepted the pilot boat, Glide, as it attempted to evade the blockade at the Wilmington River and writes that he is enclosing a copy of the vessel's inventory.
Collection ID: Winterthur Manuscripts (Accession WMSS). Group IX. Samuel Francis du Pont and Sophie Madeleine du Pont papers
Hagley ID: WMSS_9_B_14311
Collection: Civil War collections, Samuel Francis du Pont and Sophie Madeleine du Pont papers (Winterthur)

Title: Robert W. Scott to Percival Drayton, 1863-02-23
Date(s): 1863-02-23
Contributor(s): Scott, Robert W. (correspondent), Drayton, Percival, 1812-1865 (correspondent)
Description: One of two copies of a letter in which Scott reports that the Marblehead has intercepted the pilot boat, Glide, as it attempted to evade the blockade at the Wilmington River and writes that he is enclosing a copy of the vessel's inventory.
Collection ID: Winterthur Manuscripts (Accession WMSS). Group IX. Samuel Francis du Pont and Sophie Madeleine du Pont papers
Hagley ID: WMSS_9_B_14312
Collection: Civil War collections, Samuel Francis du Pont and Sophie Madeleine du Pont papers (Winterthur)

Title: South Atlantic Blockading Squadron volumes, Samuel Francis du Pont to Percival Drayton, 1862-06-18
Date(s): 1862-06-18
Contributor(s): Du Pont, Samuel Francis, 1803-1865 (correspondent), Drayton, Percival, 1812-1865 (correspondent)
Description: Du Pont orders Drayton to send the Hale and the Henry Andrew, as they are needed on account of their light draught for operations in Georgetown, South Carolina. Du Pont will send the Norwich to replace one of them. Du Pont has received information of an organized intention to force the blockade and tells Drayton to let the Army generals at Stono know this if they object to his withdrawing the vessels.
Collection ID: Winterthur Manuscripts (Accession WMSS). Group IX. Samuel Francis du Pont and Sophie Madeleine du Pont papers
Hagley ID: WMSS_9_A_03275_033
Collection: Civil War collections, Samuel Francis du Pont and Sophie Madeleine du Pont papers (Winterthur)