George S. Geer Papers, 1862-1995 (bulk) 1862-1863.

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George S. Geer Papers, 1862-1995 (bulk) 1862-1863.

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This collection features the Civil War correspondence of George S. Geer to his wife from 1862 to 1866. Geer wrote the majority of these letters, while serving on board the U.S. Steam Battery USS Monitor. During that time, he wrote 82 letters to his wife describing events on board the ironclad. In his letters home, Geer writes of the Battle of Hampton Roads, the fall of Norfolk, the Peninsula Campaign, the flight of African American slaves and use of contrabands, and the refit of the Monitor at the Washington Navy Yard. More remarkably, his letters paint a detailed portrait of common events and everyday life on board the Monitor from her embarkation from New York in March 1862 to her sinking off the North Carolina coast on December 31, 1862. For a detailed description of Geer's correspondence while serving on board Monitor, please see The Monitor Chronicles: One Sailor's Account. The collection also contains a photographic carte-de-visite of Martha Geer, as well as obituaries of George Geer and articles about his service on Monitor collected or written by family members.

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