George Beall Balch Papers, 1830-1924

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George Beall Balch Papers, 1830-1924

George Beall Balch Papers, 1830-1924

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George Beall Balch (1821-1908) of Tennessee received an appointment in 1837 from Alabama as midshipman in the U.S. Navy. On the and the he took part in the Mexican War. As a lieutenant on the he was a member of the Perry expedition to Japan. Balch remained in the Navy through the Civil War, commanding the and the in operations along the east coast from Jacksonville, Fla. to Georgetown, S.C. After the war, Balch held a series of posts with the Navy, retiring as a rear admiral in 1883. Princeton Falcon Plymouth Pocahontas Pawnee This collection contains official orders, reports, correspondence, and other records of the naval service of George Beall Balch. The collection includes a log of the U.S.S. in the Mediterranean, 1838-1840; a few papers pertaining to service in Latin American waters and the Perry expedition to Japan in the 1850s; order and letter books of the U.S.S. , 1862-1865, commanded by Balch in South Carolina coastal operations, and other Civil War papers; scattered postwar papers related to various duties and to personal affairs at Baltimore, Md.; clippings about and a few brief writings by Balch; and a manuscript novel about the Naval Academy. Cyane Pawnee

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection