Box 1
Container
Contains 10 Results:
Log kept aboard the USS Somerset, Jan. 1, 1863-May 18, 1864, with added accounts and records kept in 1862
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Content of the Collection
From the Collection:
Logs and mementos of Jesse Sherwood of Missouri and Chicago, who served as a surgeon’s steward during the Civil War on the gunboat USS Somerset, mostly off the coast of Florida. Contains details of war experiences off Florida and Cuba, including attacking and capturing a Southern ship, shelling towns, taking possession of encampments and helping onboard refugees and fleeing slaves. Also, personal comments on daily life on shipboard, of his pleasure in eating,...
Dates:
Jan. 1, 1863-May 18, 1864, with added accounts and records kept in 1862
Transcription of log of the USS Somerset, Jan. 1, 1863-May 18, 1864
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Content of the Collection
From the Collection:
Logs and mementos of Jesse Sherwood of Missouri and Chicago, who served as a surgeon’s steward during the Civil War on the gunboat USS Somerset, mostly off the coast of Florida. Contains details of war experiences off Florida and Cuba, including attacking and capturing a Southern ship, shelling towns, taking possession of encampments and helping onboard refugees and fleeing slaves. Also, personal comments on daily life on shipboard, of his pleasure in eating,...
Dates:
Jan. 1, 1863-May 18, 1864
Copy of log kept aboard the USS Somerset, April 11, 1862- March 20, 1863, "with a few remarks previous to Sailing", April 1-10, 1862
File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Content of the Collection
From the Collection:
Logs and mementos of Jesse Sherwood of Missouri and Chicago, who served as a surgeon’s steward during the Civil War on the gunboat USS Somerset, mostly off the coast of Florida. Contains details of war experiences off Florida and Cuba, including attacking and capturing a Southern ship, shelling towns, taking possession of encampments and helping onboard refugees and fleeing slaves. Also, personal comments on daily life on shipboard, of his pleasure in eating,...
Dates:
April 11, 1862- March 20, 1863, "with a few remarks previous to Sailing", April 1-10, 1862
Resignation latter, May, 1864
File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Content of the Collection
From the Collection:
Logs and mementos of Jesse Sherwood of Missouri and Chicago, who served as a surgeon’s steward during the Civil War on the gunboat USS Somerset, mostly off the coast of Florida. Contains details of war experiences off Florida and Cuba, including attacking and capturing a Southern ship, shelling towns, taking possession of encampments and helping onboard refugees and fleeing slaves. Also, personal comments on daily life on shipboard, of his pleasure in eating,...
Dates:
May, 1864
Medals (3)
File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Content of the Collection
From the Collection:
Logs and mementos of Jesse Sherwood of Missouri and Chicago, who served as a surgeon’s steward during the Civil War on the gunboat USS Somerset, mostly off the coast of Florida. Contains details of war experiences off Florida and Cuba, including attacking and capturing a Southern ship, shelling towns, taking possession of encampments and helping onboard refugees and fleeing slaves. Also, personal comments on daily life on shipboard, of his pleasure in eating,...
Biographical sketches, undated
File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Content of the Collection
From the Collection:
Logs and mementos of Jesse Sherwood of Missouri and Chicago, who served as a surgeon’s steward during the Civil War on the gunboat USS Somerset, mostly off the coast of Florida. Contains details of war experiences off Florida and Cuba, including attacking and capturing a Southern ship, shelling towns, taking possession of encampments and helping onboard refugees and fleeing slaves. Also, personal comments on daily life on shipboard, of his pleasure in eating,...
Dates:
undated
Pension documents, 1911-1928
File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Content of the Collection
From the Collection:
Logs and mementos of Jesse Sherwood of Missouri and Chicago, who served as a surgeon’s steward during the Civil War on the gunboat USS Somerset, mostly off the coast of Florida. Contains details of war experiences off Florida and Cuba, including attacking and capturing a Southern ship, shelling towns, taking possession of encampments and helping onboard refugees and fleeing slaves. Also, personal comments on daily life on shipboard, of his pleasure in eating,...
Dates:
1911-1928
Article regarding a talk of Sherwood's to the George A. Meade Post of the G.A.R.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Scope and Content of the Collection
From the Collection:
Logs and mementos of Jesse Sherwood of Missouri and Chicago, who served as a surgeon’s steward during the Civil War on the gunboat USS Somerset, mostly off the coast of Florida. Contains details of war experiences off Florida and Cuba, including attacking and capturing a Southern ship, shelling towns, taking possession of encampments and helping onboard refugees and fleeing slaves. Also, personal comments on daily life on shipboard, of his pleasure in eating,...
Material relating to the USS Somerset
File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Scope and Content of the Collection
From the Collection:
Logs and mementos of Jesse Sherwood of Missouri and Chicago, who served as a surgeon’s steward during the Civil War on the gunboat USS Somerset, mostly off the coast of Florida. Contains details of war experiences off Florida and Cuba, including attacking and capturing a Southern ship, shelling towns, taking possession of encampments and helping onboard refugees and fleeing slaves. Also, personal comments on daily life on shipboard, of his pleasure in eating,...
Carte de visite and daguerreotype, both unidentified
File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Scope and Content of the Collection
From the Collection:
Logs and mementos of Jesse Sherwood of Missouri and Chicago, who served as a surgeon’s steward during the Civil War on the gunboat USS Somerset, mostly off the coast of Florida. Contains details of war experiences off Florida and Cuba, including attacking and capturing a Southern ship, shelling towns, taking possession of encampments and helping onboard refugees and fleeing slaves. Also, personal comments on daily life on shipboard, of his pleasure in eating,...