Casey, Silas 1841-1913 creator mixed material monographic eng 300 6 2 Correspondence, journal, daybook, bills, receipts, commissions, and other papers relating to Casey's career as a U.S. naval officer. Subjects include Casey's service during the cruise of the Niagara (Frigate) to Tokyo, Japan, in 1860-1861, with the Japanese ambassador and his staff; naval actions and blockades in the Civil War; and the punitive expedition to Korea aboard the Colorado (Frigate) in 1871. Also documents his service as commander of the Portsmouth (Sloop of war) operating as a naval school and of the Wisconsin (Battleship : BB-9) during negotiations with Panama, 1901-1902. Other subjects include suspected sabotage of navy-yards and arsenals during the Spanish-American War and naval customs of the nineteenth century. Includes photographs and printed matter pertaining to the capture of Fort McKee on Kanghoa Island (Kanghwa-gun), Korea, in 1871. Material pertaining to the role of Casey's ancestors in the American Revolution includes Joseph Coggershall's account book of the Greenwich (Privateer), Marlborough (Privateer), and Providence (Privateer). Other ships represented include the Quinnebaug (Corvette) and the Wyoming (Sloop of war). Open to research. Naval officer. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010003 Forms part of: Naval Historical Foundation collection. United States. Navy Foreign service Japan United States. Navy Foreign service Samoan Islands United States. Navy Foreign service Panama Panama, Bay of United States. Navy History 19th century United States. Navy. North Atlantic Blockading Squadron (1861-1865) Colorado (Frigate) Greenwich (Privateer) Marlborough (Privateer) Niagara (Steam frigate) Portsmouth (Sloop of war) Providence (Privateer) Quinnebaug (Screw corvette) Wisconsin (Battleship : BB-9) Wyoming (Sloop of war) Arsenals United States Naval education United States Navy-yards and naval stations, American Privateering Sabotage Spanish-American War, 1898 Kanghwa-gun (Korea) History Japan Foreign relations United States Korea Foreign relations United States Panama Foreign relations United States Panama History United States Foreign relations Japan United States Foreign relations Korea United States Foreign relations Panama United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Blockades United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Naval operations United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 Naval operations Naval officers Coggeshall, Joseph. mm 70051482 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms010003 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms010003.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010003 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010003.3 Open to research. DLC 730514 20260227111613.0 mm 70051482