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Shufeldt, Robert Wilson Diplomat; Comdr., USN
(1822-1895)
Papers, 1836-1910. ca. 15,000 items.
In part, transcripts.
Letters and copies and extracts of letters to Shufeldt as
U.S. consul general at Havana, Cuba, concerning the presence
of Confederate blockade runners; a list of vessels in the South
Atlantic Blockading Squadron (1862); signals and instructions
for blockading ships; copies of official letters and reports concerning
the quarantine of vessels bound for New Orleans, La.,
during the military rule of Gen. Benjamin F. Butler; letters
from Adm. David G. Farragut to Shufeldt, Jan.-Feb. 1863, concerning
the C.S.S. Alabama, C.S.S. Alice, C.S.S. Florida, and
C.S.S. Harriet Lane; official correspondence and orders relating
to Shufeldt's command of the U.S.S. Conemaugh and U.S.S.
Proteus; a list of Confederate and blockade running vessels at
Nassau, Apr. 21, 1864; and miscellaneous diplomatic correspondence.
Finding aid available.
Naval Historical Foundation collection.
859
Shuler, M. Capt., 33d Virginia Regiment
Collection, 1862. 2 v.
Diary, June 11—Dec. 12, 1862, kept during the Peninsular,
2d Manassas, Antietam, and Fredericksburg campaigns. Provides
information on casualties, marches, discipline, supplies,
depredations, and morale. Includes a few details on the battles
of Malvern Hill, Cedar Mountain, Groveton, and Sharpsburg;
the capture of Harpers Ferry; and the burning of public buildings
at Martinsburg, W. Va. Also includes a list of men in the
33d Virginia killed or wounded in the Antietam Campaign,
and miscellaneous accounts.
860
Sicard, Montgomery (1836-1900) USN
Papers, 1800-1948. ca. 1,200 items.
Includes a letter from Sicard to his wife, Feb. 23, 1865,
U.S.S. Malvern; notes and sketches on ordnance and armaments;
and postwar sketches of the U.S.S. Swatara.
Finding aid available.
Naval Historical Foundation collection.
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