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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,...