Thomas Oliver Selfridge Papers 1809-1927 (bulk 1809-1870)

Confederate States of America. Navy

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Built in Philadelphia as the Habana, the CSS Sumter was originally used as a blockade runner in New Orleans. In 1861, she was purchased for use by the Confederate Government. Under the command of Raphael Semmes, she captured a number of Union flag merchant ships off the coasts of Cuba and South America, as well as other locations in the western hemisphere. When her boilers became unfit for use and repairs and supplies could not be obtained, she was sold at public auction at Gibraltar on December...

Benjamin, J. P. (Judah Philip), 1811-1884

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Judah Philip Benjamin, QC (August 6, 1811 – May 6, 1884) was a lawyer and politician who was a United States Senator from Louisiana, a Cabinet officer of the Confederate States and, after his escape to the United Kingdom at the end of the American Civil War, an English barrister. Benjamin was the first Jew to hold a Cabinet position in North America and the first to be elected to the United States Senate who had not renounced his faith. Benjamin was born to Sephardic Jewish parents from Londo...

Evans, W. W. (Walton White), 1817-1886

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Confederate States of America

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During the Civil War, the Confederate States of America issued their own currency notes. These circulated like cash, but were technically bills of credit. At the beginning of the war, they circulated widely, but by the end of the war they had lost nearly all their value. Many of the bills remained in private hands after the war and became collectible as memorabilia. Other bills, which the Union Army had confiscated, were in the hands of the United States War Department; it transferred them to th...

Francis, James B. (James Bicheno), 1815-1892

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Engineer. From the description of James B. Francis correspondence, 1851-1852. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450330 ...

United States Darien Exploring Expedition (1870)

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Fox, Gustavus Vasa, 1821-1883

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Gustavus Vasa Fox served as Assistant Secretary of the Navy during the Civil War. From the description of G. V. Fox letter to H. R. Anthony, 1865 November 10. (University of California, Santa Barbara). WorldCat record id: 746765569 Assistant secretary, U.S. Navy, 1861-1866. From the description of Letter : Ports[mout]h, N.H., [18]65 Aug. 10. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 30798411 Assistant Secretary of the Navy. ...

Merrimack (Frigate)

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Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1806-1878

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Pierce, Benjamin Osgood

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Collins, Edward Knight, 1802-1878

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Ammen, Daniel, 1820-1898

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United States naval officer and author. From the description of Letters to S.S. McClure, 1891-1892. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 53478237 Ammen was born on May 16, 1819; was boyhood friend of Ulysses S. Grant; became a midshipman in 1836; undertook long voyages to China and Japan (1845-47), went on expedition up the Paraguay River (1853-54), sailed on Pacific cruise (1857-60); in Civil War, took part in the attack upon Port Royal in the gunboat Seneca and pa...

Porter, John L. (John Luke), 1813-1893

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Davidson, George, 1825-1911

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Biography George Davidson - geodesist, astronomer, geographer and engineer - was born in Nottingham, England, on May 9, 1825. In 1832 he came to the United States with his parents, who settled in Pennsylvania. Upon graduation from Central High School, Philadelphia, he was appointed magnetic observer at Girard College Observatory. In 1845 he began his career with the United States Coast Survey as clerk to Superintendent Alexander D...

Jervis, John B. (John Bloomfield), 1795-1885

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Engineer. From the description of Papers of John B. Jervis, 1827-1878. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71067890 Civil Engineer. John Bloomfield Jervis was born in Huntington, New York, on December 14, 1795. He began his career in his father's lumber business at Rome, New York, and in 1817 he became an axeman on the local survey for the Erie Canal. Jervis became one of the most gifted engineers produced by the so-called "Erie Canal School." By 1823, he...

Pickett, John T. (John Thomas), 1822-1884

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Confederate agent in Mexico. From the description of Papers of John T. Pickett, 1849-1884. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78892874 ...

Cumberland (Frigate)

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Evans, Walter E.

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United States Darien Exploring Expedition (1871 and 1873)

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Steele, J. Dutton (John Dutton), 1810-1886

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Peirce, Benjamin, 1809-1880

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Peirce (Harvard, A.B., 1829) taught astronomy and mathematics at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Benjamin Peirce, 1846-1851 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972841 Peirce (A.B. 1829), mathematician and astronomer, was a tutor (1831-1833) and professor (1833-1880) at Harvard University, where he established the Harvard Observatory. From the description of Correspondence, ca. 1835-1880. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 79...

Grier, F. S.

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Selfridge, Thomas Oliver, 1804-1902

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Naval officer. From the description of Papers of Thomas Oliver Selfridge, 1809-1927 (bulk 1809-1870). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80813076 ...

United States. Naval Examining Board (Line)

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United States. Navy

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Built and launched at New York Navy Yard; commissioned Nov. 12, 1944; scraped in 1993. Served in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. From the description of USS Bon Homme Richard (CV/CVA-31) photograph collection 1944-1971. (The Mariners' Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 41657866 The federal government decided in 1941 to send Supply Corps personnel to Harvard Business School for training in the business of equipping the Navy. This was effected by a transfer...

Porter, David D. (David Dixon), 1813-1891

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U.S. naval officer. From the description of Papers, 1847-1877. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20077865 Admiral David Dixon Porter was born in Chester, PA, on June 8, 1813. He was instrumental in Farragut's capturing of New Orleans in 1862 when he set off 20,000 bombs to destroy the Confederate forts, Jackson and Saint Philip. This allowed Farragut to sail past the forts and up the Mississippi to New Orleans. He also was instrumental in the Battle of Vicksburg...

Mare Island Naval Shipyard

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Crossman, A. F., -1872

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Belknap, George E. (George Eugene), 1832-1903

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U.S. Navy officer. From the description of George E. Belknap card, ca. 1881. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 37522741 Rear Admiral George Belknap graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1854. He played an important part in the Civil War, including the attack on Fort Fischer. He served as commandant of the Norfolk Navy Yard, the Mare Island Navy Yard and commander-in-chief of the Asiatic Station, 1889-1892. He retired in 1894 but continued to ser...

Grice, Francis E., 1829-

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Mississippi (Side-wheel steamer)

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Selfridge, T. O. (Thomas Oliver), 1836-1924

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American naval officer. From the description of Autograph dispatch signed : U. S. S. Conestoga off Morganza, to Admiral Porter, 1864 Jan. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270662025 Naval officer and explorer. From the description of T.O. Selfridge papers, 1852-1926 (bulk 1858-1880). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80938763 Biographical Note 1804, Apr. 24 ...

Ballard, Henry E.

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