TY  - GEN
AU  - Watson,John Crittenden
AU  - Watson,Edward H.
AU  - Watson,James T.
TI  - John Crittenden Watson papers,
KW  - Brownson, Willard H.
KW  - Casey, Silas,
KW  - Dewey, George,
KW  - Chandler, William E.
KW  - Edward
KW  - Farragut, David Glasgow,
KW  - Meredith, William T.
KW  - Porter, David D.
KW  - Roosevelt, Theodore,
KW  - Watson family
KW  - United States
KW  - Navy
KW  - Asiatic Squadron
KW  - European Station
KW  - New York Naval Shipyard
KW  - Wyoming (Sloop of war)
KW  - Mobile Bay, Battle of, Ala., 1864
KW  - Navy-yards and naval stations
KW  - New York (State)
KW  - New York
KW  - Shipwrecks
KW  - California
KW  - Honda, Point
KW  - New Orleans (La.)
KW  - History
KW  - Capture, 1862
KW  - Alabama
KW  - Civil War, 1861-1865
KW  - Chalmette (La.)
KW  - Fort Jackson (La.)
KW  - Siege, 1862
KW  - Fort Saint Philip (La.)
KW  - Louisiana
KW  - Mississippi
KW  - Vicksburg (Miss.)
KW  - Army officers
KW  - itoamc
KW  - Naval officers
N1  - Open to research
N2  - General and family correspondence, reports, official orders, notes, newspaper clippings, photographs, scrapbooks, and other papers relating to Watson's naval career. Documents his Civil War service at Fort Jackson, Fort Saint Philip, and Chalmette, La., resulting in the capture of New Orleans, La., 1862; at Vicksburg, Miss., 1862; and at the Battle of Mobile Bay, La., 1864.  Also documents his postwar duty as commander of the USS Wyoming (Sloop of war) with the U.S. Navy European Station; as commander of the U.S. Navy Asiatic Squadron; as American naval representative at the coronation of Edward VII, King of Great Britain; and the controversy with U.S. secretary of the navy William E. Chandler over the dismissal of civilian employees at the New York Naval Shipyard in 1883.  Includes papers of Watson's sons, U.S. naval officer Edward H. Watson, relating to the naval shipwreck at Point Honda, Calif. (1923), and U.S. Army officer James T. Watson, concerning judge advocate cases.  Correspondents include Willard H. Brownson, Silas Casey, George Dewey, David Glasgow Farragut, William T. Meredith, David D. Porter, and Theodore Roosevelt
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