William Param Brooks papers, 1861-1869 [photocopies].

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

William Param Brooks papers, 1861-1869 [photocopies].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/173862989

The collection consists of photocopies of a scrapbook belonging to William P. Brooks and genealogical information. Contents of scrapbook (memoirs, letters, citations, appointments, etc.) are photocopies of originals. Materials give an account of Brooks's voyages and recount problems such as lack of clothing and scant provisions encountered during the Civil War. Spanish language documents are translated. Genealogical information is on the William P. Brooks family.

.25 linear ft. (1 box)

eng,

spa,

Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6927024

Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

Related Entities

There are 7 Entities related to this resource.

Stonewall (Steamer)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62k1j5j (corporateBody)

Brooks, William Param, 1832-1899.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64j1t0w (person)

William Param Brooks, Confederate Navy engineer, was born 27 March 1832, in Edgefield District, South Carolina, and died in 1889. When the Civil War began, Brooks, in service on the steamer HAVANA, was asked to join the Confederate Navy. His ship was renamed the SUMTER, and he served aboard her until April 1862, when he was assigned duty on the steamer ALABAMA. After the sinking of that ship, he was sent to Calais, France, for duty on the ship, RAPPAHANNOCK, which was commissioned in 1863, but w...

Brooks family.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kf0x50 (family)

Confederate States of America. Navy

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6186z6f (corporateBody)

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...

Rappahannock (Ship)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69s6xqd (corporateBody)

Alabama (Screw sloop)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6964q8g (corporateBody)

C.S.S. Alabama was a screw sloop-of-war built for the Confederate States Navy at Birkenhead, England, in 1862 by John Laird Sons and Company. Alabama served as a successful commerce raider, attacking Union merchant and naval ships over the course of her two-year career, during which she never anchored in a Southern port. She was sunk in battle by the U.S.S. Kearsarge in June 1864 at the Battle of Cherbourg outside the port of Cherbourg, France. From the guide to the C. S. S. Alabama ...

Sumter (Steamer)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6256r0j (corporateBody)