Henry A. Phelon Civil War Logbook/Scrapbook, 1850-1900

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Henry A. Phelon Civil War Logbook/Scrapbook, 1850-1900

1850-1900

https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/special/ead/findingaids/1349

Included is a logbook/scrapbook kept by Henry A. Phelon (1831-1902) who served as an acting Master in the Union Navy (1862-1865) during the Civil War. Orders, holograph letters, dispatches, handwritten copies of documents, and newspaper clippings glued into this scrapbook chronicle his wartime service under Rear Admiral Samuel P. Lee with the Blockading Squadron off the coasts of Virginia and North Carolina on the U.S. Steamers Shawsheen, Monticello, and Daylight, and U.S. Ironclad Steamers Canonicus and Atlanta. Later clippings (through 1900) and documents pertain to his post-war years, most of which was spent in West Springfield, Massachusetts.

0.25 Cubic Feet, 1 archival box

eng, Latn

East Carolina University. J.Y. Joyner Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 11631853

East Carolina University. J.Y. Joyner Library

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Phelon, Henry A., 1831-1902

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Henry A. Phelon (born 1831) was a United States naval officer and merchant. Pelon was born in Nantucket, Mass., and moved to West Springfield, Mass., in 1841 with his parents Mary Ann Folger Phelon and Henry Phelon. He became a sailor in 1848 and thereafter served on whaling ships and in the merchant service, eventually obtaining the rank of captain. During the Civil War he volunteer for service with the United States Navy and in February 1862 received a commission as acting master. He served as...