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Collection Number: 03171-z

Collection Title: Oneida Ship's Diary, 1862-1863

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This collection was processed with support from the sponsorship of a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Office of Preservation, Washington, D.C., 1990-1993.

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Abstract The U.S.S. Steam sloop Oneida was a screw corvette of 1032 tons and nine guns. Under the command of United States naval officer S. Phillips Lee for the period of the Civil War covered in the diary, the Oneida participated in an expedition up the Mississippi River to Vicksburg, Miss.; engaged in the blockade of Mobile, Ala.; made monthly stops in Pensacola, Fla., for refueling; and visited the Lesser Antilles. The collection contains an informal daily diary of activities, events, and weather kept by various crew members of the Oneida from March 1862 to November 1863. Among the diary's enclosures are two undated pages of the "Report Book of Marine Guard, U.S. Sloop of War Savannah" and a pencil sketch of a steamer.
Creator Oneida (Ship)
Language English
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Restrictions to Access
No restrictions. Open for research.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Oneida Ship's Diary, #3171-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Alternate Form of Material
Microfilm copy available.
Acquisitions Information
Purchase 1955
Additional Descriptive Resources
A copy of the original finding aid for this collection is filed in folder 1.
Sensitive Materials Statement
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The U.S.S. Steam sloop Oneida was a screw corvette of 1032 tons and nine guns. Under the command of United States naval officer S. Phillips Lee for the period of the Civil War covered in the diary, the Oneida participated in an expedition up the Mississippi River to Vicksburg, Miss.; engaged in the blockade of Mobile, Ala.; made monthly stops in Pensacola, Fla., for refueling; and visited the Lesser Antilles.

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The collection contains an informal daily diary of activities, events, and weather kept by various crew members of the Oneida from March 1862 to November 1863. Among the diary's enclosures are two undated pages of the "Report Book of Marine Guard, U.S. Sloop of War Savannah" and a pencil sketch of a steamer.

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2 items.
Folder 1

Enclosures from diary (original collection finding aid included) #03171-z, Series: "Oneida Ship's Diary, 1862-1863." Folder 1

Folder 2

Diary, 1862-1863 #03171-z, Series: "Oneida Ship's Diary, 1862-1863." Folder 2

The diary contains a daily record of the ship's course, wind and weather, engagements, activities on board, and other ships and blockade runners sighted. Entries describe fleet and squadron activities as seen from the Oneida and include some personal reactions to events recorded. The record keepers also noted drills, inspections, care of decks and guns, landings, refueling, enemy prizes seized, destruction of mansions, buildings, and sawmills, encounters with civillians, breaches of discipline and punishments meted out, illnesses, and fights.

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Processing Information

Processed by: SHC Staff

Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007

Updated by: Kathryn Michaelis, March 2011 and Laura Clark Brown, December 2012

This collection was processed with support from the sponsorship of a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Office of Preservation, Washington, D.C., 1990-1993.

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