Jamestown (Sloop of war) journal, 1862-1864, undated.
Material type:
Mixed materialsDescription: 2 itemsSubject(s): - Japan. Kaigun
- United States. Navy -- Cruises
- United States. Navy -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
- United States. Navy -- Medical care
- Wyoming (Screw sloop)
- Privateering -- Confederate States of America
- Japan -- Description and travel
- Japan -- History, Naval
- Shimonoseki-shi (Japan) -- History
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Naval operations
- United States -- History, Naval
- Typewritten transcript is also available.
Open to research.
Journal kept by an unknown medical officer aboard the U.S. sloop of war Jamestown on a mission to protect commerce from Confederate privateers in the Pacific. Describes a cruise around the Cape of Good Hope to Japan, gives details about daily life in Japan, and mentions the battle of Shimonoseki-shi involving the U.S. sloop of war Wyoming and the Japanese fleet (Kaigun).
Typewritten transcript is also available.
Typewritten transcript, in part.
Collection material in English.
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