A BATTLE-HARDENED UNION GUNBOAT SAILOR WRITES HOME WHILE HIS SHIP UNDERGOES REPAIRS IN BALTIMORE AND LATER WHILE LYING IN WAIT NEAR CHARLESTON TO INTERCEPT CONFEDERATE BLOCKADE RUNNERS; Three letters home from a Civil War naval officer who served with distinction as the Acting Master of the gunboat USS Winona
Envelope or Cover. Three letters containing a total of 13 pages of text. All three are enclosed in 3” x 5.5” envelopes franked with 3-cent Washington stamps (Scott #65) that have been canceled with circular (two double-ring, on single-ring) Baltimore postmarks with target killers. Each bears a manuscript “Winona” annotation..... More
