Inventory of the Florida Log Book, 1862-1863

Collection Number 1542-z


Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Collection Information
Descriptive Summary
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Collection Overview
Contact Information:
Manuscripts Department
CB#3926, Wilson Library
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
Phone: 919/962-1345
Fax: 919/962-3594
Email: mss@email.unc.edu
URL: http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/
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Descriptive Summary

Repository
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Creator
Florida (Cruiser)
Title
Florida Log Book, 1862-1863.
Call Number
1542-z
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
1 volume
Abstract
Log book of the C.S.S. Florida, a Confederate steamer stationed near Mobile, Ala., from February to July 1862, kept by Thomas Longworth Moore (died 1922) of North Carolina, one of the ship's officers. The volume records weather, supplies, and important incidents. Also included are extensive notes on seamanship and lists of the ship's officers in 1862 and January 1863. This ship, also known as the Selma, is not to be confused with the more famous Confederate cruiser Florida.


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Processing Information
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Additional Descriptive Resources
A more complete finding aid for this collection is available at the Southern Historical Collection.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Florida Log Book, #1542-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
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Online Catalog Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

Confederate States of America. Navy--Officers--Registers.
Confederate States of America. Navy--Sea life.
Confederate States of America. Navy--Supplies and stores.
Florida (Cruiser)
Logbooks--Confederate States of America.
Mobile (Ala.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Moore, Thomas Longworth, d. 1922.
Moore, Thomas Longworth, d. 1922.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Naval operations.
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Collection Overview

Log book of the C.S.S. Florida, a Confederate steamer stationed near Mobile, Ala., from February to July 1862, kept by Thomas Longworth Moore (died 1922) of North Carolina, one of the ship's officers. The volume records weather, supplies, and important incidents. Also included are extensive notes on seamanship and lists of the ship's officers in 1862 and January 1863. This ship, also known as the Selma, is not to be confused with the more famous Confederate cruiser Florida.