Papers, 1657-1942.

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Papers, 1657-1942.

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The collection includes correspondence, a commonplace book, 1853- 1866, diary, 1861-1862, and military records of Robert Dabney Minor (1827- 1871) while serving in the United States Navy (in Japan and at the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C.) and the Confederate States Navy (primarily at the Naval Ordnance Works in Richmond, Va., as a participant in the Battle of Hampton Roads, Va., between the U.S.S. Monitor and the C.S.S. Virginia [formerly the Merrimack], and as ordnance officer of the James River Squadron), and while employed by the Tredegar Company (iron manufacturers) in Richmond, Va., and the Dover Company Iron Mines in Chesterfield County, Va. Also, includes family correspondence of his wife, Landonia (Randolph) Minor (1830-1912) of "Linden," Fauquier County, Va., including letters of her brother, Robert Randolph, while serving with the 4th Virginia Cavalry Regiment (Black Horse Troop), Confederate States Army; and miscellaneous correspondence concerning the Confederate States Navy Dept. Also, includes correspondence and accounts, financial and legal records of Philip Lightfoot (1784-1865) of Port Royal, Caroline County, Va. (in part, concerning agricultural operations in Greene County, Ala.); materials concerning the "Cedar Creek Tract" in Caroline County, Va.; and miscellaneous papers of other members of the Lightfoot, Minor and Mortimer families.

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Minor family.

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Randolph, Robert, 1835-1864.

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Virginia (Ironclad)

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Monitor (Ironclad)

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Confederate States of America. Navy. James River Squadron.

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Merrimack (Frigate)

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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...

Tredegar Company (Richmond, Va.)

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Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Cavalry Regiment, 4th

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The 4th Virginia Cavalry was organized in September 19, 1861 and reorganized in April, 1862. After the reorganization, the regiment was under the command of Williams Carter Wickham (1820-1888). The regiment, assigned to General Jeb Stuart's, Fitzhugh Lee's, and Wickham's Brigades, participated in every major battle and campaign that involved the Army of Northern Virginia, from the 1st Bull Run to Appomattox Court House. From the description of Records of 4th Regiment of Virginia Cava...

Lightfoot family.

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Lightfoot, Philip, 1784-1865.

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Culver Military Academy. Black Horse Troop

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Mortimer family.

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United States Naval Expedition to Japan (1852-1854)

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Minor, Robert Dabney, 1827-1871.

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Confederate States of America. Navy Dept.

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Confederate States of America. Naval Ordnance Works (Richmond, Va.)

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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...

United States. Naval Observatory

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Organizational History 1830 Establishment of the Depot of Charts and Instruments, Washington, D.C. 1843 1844 Construction of the observatory on its present site 1846 Publication of the first ...

Minor, Landonia Randolph, 1830-1912.

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