Letter to his father and mother, 1863 March 6.

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Letter to his father and mother, 1863 March 6.

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One unsigned holograph letter from a Union navy sailor at Washington Navy Yard to his mother and father, Joshua Buffum, of North Billerica, Massachusetts. He recounts the Confederate capture of the USS Isaac P. Smith, commanded by Lieutenant F. S. Conover, while on patrol along the Stono River near Charleston, South Carolina.

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University of California, Santa Barbara, UCSB Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8119589

University of California, Santa Barbara, UCSB Library

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Conover, F. S.

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Buffum (Civil War sailor)

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Online Archive of California

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Buffum, Joshua.

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