Inventory of the Oneida Ship's Diary, 1862-1863
Collection Number 3171-z
Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Collection Information
- 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
- Oneida (Ship)
- Title
- Oneida Ship's Diary, 1862-1863.
- Call Number
- 3171-z
- Language of Materials
- Materials in English
- Extent
- 1 volume (167 pages).
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Administrative Information
- 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 Oneida Ship's Diary, #3171-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.
Online Catalog Headings
These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.
- Alabama--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Blockades.
- Florida--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Blockades.
- Logbooks--History--19th century.
- Mississippi River--History--19th century.
- Oneida (Ship)
- Savannah (Ship)
- Steamboats--History--19th century.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Blockades.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Naval operations.
- United States. Navy--Sea life.
- Voyages and travels--History--19th century.
Collection Overview
Informal daily diary of activities, events, and weather, kept by various crew members of the U.S.S. Oneida during the Civil War, and two pages, undated, of the "Report Book of Marine Guard, U.S. Sloop of War Savannah." A pencil sketch of a steamer is included. The Oneida participated in an expedition up the Mississippi River to Vicksburg, did blockade duty off Mobile and Pensacola, Fla., and visited the West Indies.