Jamestown (Sloop of war) journal, 1862-1864, undated.

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Jamestown (Sloop of war) journal, 1862-1864, undated.

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Journal kept by an unknown medical officer aboard the U.S. sloop of war Jamestown on a mission to protect commerce from Confederate privateers in the Pacific. Describes a cruise around the Cape of Good Hope to Japan, gives details about daily life in Japan, and mentions the battle of Shimonoseki-shi involving the U.S. sloop of war Wyoming and the Japanese fleet (Kaigun).

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