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Description
Israel Washburn wrote his brother Elihu Washburne in Washington, D.C., relating an account by their brother Samuel Washburn, who served on the ironclad gunboat, USS Galena, during the Civil War.
Israel Washburn recounted Samuel's story about the battle of Malvern Hills near Turkey Bend, when Union General George B. McClellan was on board the USS Galena. Samuel Washburn wrote that McClellan, "came on board to save his bacon" after the Union Army of the Potomac was nearly defeated as they reached the James River near Richmond, Virginia.
As Collector of the Port of Portland, Israel Washburn also inquired about legislation for the Customs House. President Lincoln appointed Israel Washburn to this top federal job in 1863.
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About This Item
- Title: Israel Washburn on battle of Malvern Hills, Portland, 1864
- Creator: Israel Washburn Jr.
- Creation Date: 1864-05-21
- Subject Date: 1864-05-21
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Ink on paper
- Dimensions: 25.0 cm x 20.0 cm
- Local Code: Box 1 Folder 2 #343
- Collection: Israel Washburn Jr. Collection, Correspondence, Sent: 1841-1883
- Object Type: Text
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Governors--United States--Maine
- Lawyers--Maine--Portland
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
- Maine--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
- McClellan, George B. (George Brinton), 1826-1885
- Politics & government--Washington D.C.
- Portraits--Maine--Portland
- Washburn, Israel, 1813-1883
- Washburn, Israel, 1813-1883--correspondence
- Washburne, E. B. (Elihu Benjamin), 1816-1887--correspondence
People
- Benjamin Washburn , Martha Patty
- Fessenden, William Pitt
- Heintzelman, Samuel P.
- Lincoln , Abraham
- McClellan, George Brinton
- Porter, Fitz John
- Sumner, Edwin Vose
- Wasburne, Elihu Benjamin
- Washburn, Algernon Sidney
- Washburn, Samuel Benjamin
- Washburn Jr., Israel
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Washburn Norlands Living History Center290 Norlands Road, Livermore, ME 04253
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