[Americana] [Civil War] Nields, Henry C. Archive of Lieutenantmander Henry C. Nields, U.S.N.Archive of Lieutenantmander Henry C. Nields, Union Hero of the Battle of Mobile BayLocations and dates vary, ca. 1863-1942. Archive of West Chester, Pennsylvania native, Henry C. Nields (1839-1880), Lieutenantmander of the United States Navy from 1861-80.prising 67 partially-printed as well as manuscript military-related documents, including a four-page autograph letter, signed by Nields discussing details of the Battle of Mobile Bay; his copy of Report on the Secretary of the mber, 1864, signed "Henry C. Nields", and with the book-plate from the U.S. Flag Powhaton on front paste-down; his member certificate for the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States; two of his Naval officer brass buttons; large manuscript message by Nields to his wife announcing his return home and promotion to lieutenant; contemporary albumen portrait of Nields in naval uniform, by Woodward; seven cased photographs depicting Nields in his youth as well as those of his wife and daughter; hand-colored photographic oval portraits of Nields and his wife; three pieces of Masonic-related items, notably a 14K gold pendant engraved with "H.C.N", and the USS Tecumseh, on a gold-tone chain; three albumen photographs of s Nields served on (USS Pinta, USS Constitution, USS Speedwell); a framed carte de visite of Admiral David Farragut; three pieces of Confederate currency; ten hand-drawn illustrations by Nields depicting the USS Metet, the USS Pawnee, the Paraguayan War, etc., in portfolio; drawing tools in an enameled papier-mache box; undated newspaper article with speech given by Nields before his local philosophical society; photo of ; copy of The USS Tecumseh in Mobile Bay: The Sinking of a Civil War Ironclad, by David Smithweck. Lot also includes a selection of photographs and ephemera related to the dedication of the Benson-Class Destroyer USS Nields, and Henry's daughter, Ella S. Nields, who was present at its launch ceremony with her niece Dorcas Scott. Size and condition vary.The letters and documents follow a chronology of Nields's military assignments, and begin with a January 30, 1863 Naval Department order to report to the New York Navy Yard, and end with a March 15, 1880 letter from the Secretary of the Navy granting him sick leave. Notable signatures in the archive include Secretaries of the Navy, Gideon Welles (1802-1878) and Richard W. Thompson (1809-1900); Admirals David G. Farragut (1801-1870) and David D. Porter (1813-1891); Rear Admirals Thornton Jenkins (1811-1893), James E. Jouett (1826-1902), William Radford (1809-1890), John H. Russell (1827-1897), Charles H. Davis (1807-1877), Augustus Case (1812-1893), James Alden (1810-1877), Alexander Murray (1816-1884), Daniel Ammen (1820-1898), Clark H. Wells (1822-1888), Robert W. Schufeldt (1822-1895), Hiram Paulding (1797-1878), Silas H. Stringham (1798-1876);modor