Ellsworth Hults diary aboard the U.S.S. , February 1864-November 1864 Galena 1864 February - November

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Ellsworth Hults diary aboard the U.S.S. , February 1864-November 1864 Galena 1864 February - November

http://acumen.lib.ua.edu/u0003_0003735

The diary of the paymaster's clerk aboard the U.S. Steamer from February through November 1864. There is also a transcription of the diary and a photograph of Admiral James Forsyth "the tallest man in the American Navy, 6 ft 6." Galena

0.2 Linear feet; (diary in phase box)

University Libraries Division of Special Collections, The University of Alabama

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SNAC Resource ID: 6279893

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Hults, Ellsworth, 1841-1902

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Ellsworth Holman Hults, son of David and Deborah Phillips Hults, was born in August 1841, in Mount Holly, Burlington, New Jersey. By 1850, the family had moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In November 1863, he enlisted in the United States Navy and was paymaster's clerk aboard the U.S. Steamer Galena during the Battle of Mobile Bay in August 1864. After the war, on 1 December 1869, Hults married Ann Eliza Bullock in Philadelphia. The couple had two children, Jessie Bul...

Williams, A. S., III

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Ellsworth Holman Hults, son of David and Deborah Phillips Hults, was born in August 1841, in Mount Holly, Burlington, New Jersey. By 1850, the family had moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In November 1863, he enlisted in the United States Navy and was paymaster's clerk aboard the U.S. Steamer Galena during the Battle of Mobile Bay in August 1864. After the war, on 1 December 1869, Hults married Ann Eliza Bullock in Philadelphia. The couple had two children, Jessie Bul...

Galena (Steamer)

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