TY  - GEN
ED  - Jamestown (Sloop of war)
TI  - Jamestown (Sloop of war) journal,
KW  - Japan
KW  - Kaigun
KW  - United States
KW  - Navy
KW  - Cruises
KW  - History
KW  - Civil War, 1861-1865
KW  - Medical care
KW  - Wyoming (Screw sloop)
KW  - Privateering
KW  - Confederate States of America
KW  - Description and travel
KW  - History, Naval
KW  - Shimonoseki-shi (Japan)
KW  - Naval operations
N1  - Open to research; Typewritten transcript is also available; Typewritten transcript, in part
N2  - 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)
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