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

8x10 black and white photographic print of the morning detail - the fourth New Hampshire volunteers going to their work on the fortifications at Hilton Head

8x10 black and white photographic print of the Naval recruiting office in Cherry Street, NY

8x10 black and white mounted photo that shows the order of sailing, Port Royal Expeditionary Corps and Fleet.

5x7 black and white photo showing the quarter-deck of a frigate, ca 1865. The information on the back does not match the front. The HMS Sutleg was not laid down until 1898.

8x10 black and white photographic print of the rescue of Major Reynolds' Battalion of Marines from the foundering steamer "Governor"

This collection consists of one letter written from Rear Admiral Christopher Raymond Perry to his son, Raymond Perry Rodgers.

8x10 black and white photographic print of a scene from the military market at Beaufort, S.C.

8x10 black and white print of a map of South Carolina, showing Navy involvement

Leather-bound holograph diary kept by a Union soldier from Middleboro, Mass., with entries for 9, 11, 31 December 1862, who served in the Civil War at Ship Island, Miss., New Orleans, La., Baton Rouge, La. and Carrolton, La. He enlisted in the U.S. Army on 15 November 1861, and was discharged on 15 October 1862, because of poor health. Diary relates his voyage to Hampton Roads, Va., and Ship Island in USS Constitution, with comments on the weather, illness, the crew, news of Union victories at Savannah, Ga., and New Orleans, La., descriptions of New Orleans and Baton Rouge, picket duty, guard duty, skirmishes with the Confederates near Baton Rouge, execution of a Confederate, the taking of prisoners, burning plantations, capturing supplies, his illness and subsequent discharge and return trip to NYC and home. Diary contains a family record, date of his marriage, list of household goods, list of dates in service and where spent, and Army items issued to him.

Signatures of members of U.S. Navy Court Martial Board and charges brought against Commodore T. Craven, Captain of the USS Niagara, Washington, D.C., November 7, 1865. With hand written note of RADM. Alexander A.S. Wotherspoon, USN (Ret.).