United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Naval operations

Presentations in boxes 1-56 include transcriptions of lectures given by NWC faculty and staff members from 1886-1970. The presentations in boxes 57-70 are comprised of compact discs with audio recordings of presentations given by NWC Stratey and Policy faculty members from 2003-2007. Access to the compact discs is dependent upon NHC having the necessary listening equipment.

Presentations in boxes 1-56 include transcriptions of lectures given by NWC faculty and staff members from 1886-1970. The presentations in boxes 57-70 are comprised of compact discs with audio recordings of presentations given by NWC Stratey and Policy faculty members from 2003-2007. Access to the compact discs is dependent upon NHC having the necessary listening equipment.

Autographed letter signed from USS Preble, Mississippi River, to Joshua Blake, Boston, Mass., describing the capture of the Confederate Steamer Magnolia with 1,100 bales of cotton on it. It was captured by the Union ships the Brooklyn, South Carolina, and Merridita as it ran the blockade. Three other Confederate steamers successfully ran from the blockade, avoiding capture.

Letter to Mrs. Farragut regarding preparations for the Battle of Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864, from the USS Hartford.

The Ingraham family first immigrated to the United States in the seventeenth century from Great Britain, with many settling in South Carolina where they became a seafaring family with strong connections to both the U.S. Navy and the Navy of the Confederate States. This collection includes ships’ logs and reminiscences maintained by members of the Ingraham family while on board serving in either the U.S. Navy of the Confederate Navy during the American Civil War.

Holograph letter of Union Sailor George ______ to his wife and children from USS Circassian, Hampton Roads, VA, telling them of a trip to the James River, waiting for a flag of truce ship, taking Confederates aboard, and river traffic on the way to join General U. S. Grant. He hopes to return home soon.

Holograph letter of Union Sailor George _____ to his wife and children from USS Circassian at sea, telling about the search for the MANATEZ and a steamer lost in a storm near Charleston, SC, the weather and his arrival at Key West, FL.

This collection consists of single manuscripts items from past NWC presidents, faculty, and staff, as well as other other naval officers and military service members from Rhode Island and the surrounding area. These items include correspondence, journals, reports, certificates, commissions, scrapbooks, and other ephemera that relate to the history of the U.S. Naval War College, the history of navies in the Narragansett Bay region, and the history of naval warfare and strategy.

Annotated printed list of Confederate prizes captured by the U.S. Navy and received on August 1, 1864.

Holograph logbook of the ship kept by Captain Charles C. Johnson during blockade duty and other duties on the west coast of South America and North America. Accounts relate to daily activities at sea, various disciplinary problems, sailing, and the business of operating a large ship.