John Ancrum Winslow Collection, 1842-1875.

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John Ancrum Winslow Collection, 1842-1875.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/480079574

The collection consists of Winslow's letters to his wife Katherine A. Winslow before and after USS Kearsarge's defeat of CSS Alabama under his command, an early letter from Raphael Semmes and the challenge sent by him as commander of Alabama, copies of orders received, letters received by Winslow from various dignitaries after the victory and sent to Mrs. Winslow after her husband's death, and a twentieth-century newspaper clipping describing the discovery of the Alabama's wreck.

0.43 linear feet (1 box)

New-York Historical Society Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7587898

New-York Historical Society Library

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Winslow, Katherine Marion

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Semmes, Raphael, 1809-1877

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Officer in the U.S. Navy and in the Confederate Navy, from Mobile, Ala. From the description of Papers, 1861-1872. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20313995 ...

Winslow, John Ancrum, 1811-1873

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U.S. naval officer. From the description of Papers of John Ancrum Winslow, 1864-1888. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80813431 Born on November 18, 1811 in Wilmington, NC, Winslow went on to serve in the Civil War. He commanded the Kearsage in European waters in attempts to sink Confederate cruisers that were attacking Union ships. He sank the Alabama off the coast of Cherbourg, France, on June 19, 1864. He later was promoted to commodore and became commander of the Pacific S...

Naval History Society

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The Naval History Society was established in New York in 1912 "for the purpose of publishing and preserving manuscripts, documents, and writings relating to our naval history, naval art and science, and the surroundings and experiences of seamen in general and of American seamen in particular." Its Collections began with the donation in 1915 of John Sanford Barnes's personal collections by his son, Col. James Barnes. These included library materials now cataloged in the XN classification in the ...

Alabama (Ship : 1846-1860)

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Kearsarge (Sloop)

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The USS Kearsarge was launched in 1861. She defeated the CSS Alabama during the American Civil War and patrolled the coasts of Japan, China, and the Philippines from 1874 to 1877. From the guide to the Payroll of the USS Kearsarge, 1874-1875, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) ...