United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Naval operations
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
William H. Bartoll diary
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/200
Scope and Contents
Diary, 1864 Jan. 1-June 27, of William H. Bartoll, describing his experiences as surgeon’s steward aboard the "Nahant", a Union ironclad monitor, stationed at Charleston Bay during the Civil War. Includes recipes and cash accounts as steward. Bartoll describes the general conditions and daily life aboard an ironclad with references to his medical work, including dispensing drugs and tending wounded; descriptions of military skirmishes; and impressions of the progress of the war. Diary also...
Dates:
1864
