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Item 19256
Title: John Monroe Dillingham, Freeport, ca. 1861
Contributed by: Freeport Historical Society
Date: circa 1861
Location: Freeport; San Francisco
Media: Photograph
Item 19257
Title: Margaret Dennison Dillingham, Freeport, ca. 1870
Contributed by: Freeport Historical Society
Date: circa 1870
Location: Freeport
Media: Photograph
Item 19261
Title: John G. Dillingham to Margaret Dillingham, December 14, 1861
Contributed by: Freeport Historical Society
Date: 1861-12-14
Location: Freeport; Bath; New York; Hamburg
Media: paper
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War Through the Eyes of a Young Sailor
Eager to deal with the "Sesech" [Secessionists], young deepwater sailor John Monroe Dillingham of Freeport enlisted in the U.S. Navy as soon as he returned from a long voyage in 1862. His letters and those of his family offer first-hand insight into how one individual viewed the war.