Papers of Francis Asbury Roe, 1842-1901 (bulk 1846-1869).

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Papers of Francis Asbury Roe, 1842-1901 (bulk 1846-1869).

Correspondence, journals, logbooks, various documents and books pertaining to Roe's cruises and Naval Yards and Duties. Amongst his entries there are engagements between the U.S.S. Sassacus and the C.S.S. Albemarle in 1864.

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Roe, Francis Asbury, 1823-1901

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Francis Asbury Roe (1827-1901) was a United States Naval officer, 1841-1885, who served on the U.S.S. Sassacus during the Civil War. From the guide to the Francis Asbury Roe Papers, ., 1864; 1898, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) Francis Asbury Roe, 1823-1901, naval officer, attained the rank of Rear Admiral; during the Battle of New Orleans in his own words Roe was "an officer of the leading ship of the starboard column...

Sassacus (Ship)

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Albemarle (Ship)

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