TY  - GEN
AU  - Goldsborough,Louis Malesherbes
TI  - Louis Malesherbes Goldsborough papers,
KW  - Barron, James,
KW  - Black, Jeremiah S.
KW  - Burnside, Ambrose Everett,
KW  - Cabell, J. L.
KW  - Chase, Salmon P.
KW  - Crittenden, John J.
KW  - Decatur, Stephen,
KW  - Du Pont, Samuel Francis,
KW  - Everett, Edward,
KW  - Fox, Gustavus Vasa,
KW  - Lincoln, Abraham,
KW  - Motley, John Lothrop,
KW  - Smith, Joseph,
KW  - Surratt, John H.
KW  - Tatnall, Josiah,
KW  - Upshur, A. P.
KW  - Welles, Gideon,
KW  - Wilkes, Charles,
KW  - Castillo de San Juan de Ulúa (Mexico)
KW  - Merrimack (Frigate)
KW  - Minnesota (Frigate)
KW  - United States Naval Academy
KW  - Cabinet officers
KW  - Dueling
KW  - Hampton Roads, Battle of, Va., 1862
KW  - Mexican War, 1846-1848
KW  - Charleston Harbor (S.C.)
KW  - Charleston (S.C.)
KW  - History
KW  - Civil War, 1861-1865
KW  - James River (Va.)
KW  - North Carolina
KW  - Roanoke Island (N.C.)
KW  - Capture, 1862
KW  - South Carolina
KW  - United States
KW  - Blockades
KW  - Naval operations
KW  - Virginia
KW  - Naval officers
KW  - itoamc
N1  - Open to research
N2  - Correspondence, military records, financial papers, printed matter, illustrations, and other papers concerning Goldsborough's career in the U.S. Navy.  Documents the capture of the castle of San Juan de Ulúa, Mexico (1847) and Goldsborough's work as superintendent of the United States Naval Academy (1853-1857).  Civil War material relates to the blockade of Charleston Harbor; Ambrose Everett Burnside's Roanoke Island expedition; naval operations on the James River; Goldsborough's command of the frigate Minnesota at Hampton Roads, Va., while awaiting attack by the Merrimack; the scuttling of the Merrimack; visits to the front lines by Abraham Lincoln and his cabinet; and the capture of John H. Surratt.  Includes the draft of Stephen Decatur's letter to James Barron that led to their duel.  Correspondents include Jeremiah S. Black, J.L. Cabell, Salmon P. Chase, John J. Crittenden, Samuel Francis Du Pont, Edward Everett, Gustavus Vasa Fox, John Lothrop Motley, Joseph Smith, Josiah Tatnall, A.P. Upshur, Gideon Welles, and Charles Wilkes
UR  - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009046
UR  - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009046.3
ER  -