Contributed by Freeport Historical Society
Description
Naval seaman John Monroe Dillingham is stationed aboard the U.S. Sloop of war Housatonic off Charleston, S.C. He talks about several incidents of Confederate ships trying to run the U.S. blockade, describing the engagements, the capture of cargo.
There are also some comments about life aboard the Housatonic.
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About This Item
- Title: J. Monroe Dillingham to Margaret Dillingham, January 25, 1863
- Creator: John Monroe Dillingham
- Creation Date: 1863-01-25
- Subject Date: 1863
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Locations:
- Freeport, Cumberland County, ME
- Charleston, SC
- Port Royal, SC
- Nassau, Bahamas
- Media: Paper
- Local Code: 1863-01-25 JMD to MDD letter
- Collection: Dillingham family papers, Coll 135
- Object Type: Text
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Armored vessels
- Blockade--Charleston (SC)
- Charleston (SC)--History--Siege, 1863
- Coast defense
- Cotton trade
- Dillingham family
- Dillingham, Margaret Dennison, 1818-1878--Correspondence
- Dilllingham, John Monroe, 1844-1864--Travel
- Housatonic (sloop of war)
- Huntress (Steamer)
- Ottawa (gunboat)
- Powhatton (frigate)
- Prize money
- Quaker City (gunboat)
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
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