Contributed by Washburn Norlands Living History Center
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Description
Samuel Benjamin Washburn (1824-1890), wrote his brother, Illinois Congressman Elihu Washburne, describing the construction and launching of the ironclad gunboat, the USS Galena.
Samuel Washburn was wounded when the USS Galena sustained fire during the Civil War Battle of Drewy's Bluff (Battle of Fort Darling) near Richmond, Virginia.
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About This Item
- Title: Samuel Washburn describes "USS Galena," Connecticut, 1862, 1862
- Creator: Samuel Benjamin Washburn
- Creation Date: 1862-04-16
- Subject Date: 1862-04-16
- Location: Mystic Bridge, London County, CT
- Media: Ink on paper
- Dimensions: 20.07 cm x 13.1 cm
- Local Code: Box 1 Folder 10 letter 831
- Collection: Samuel B. Washburn Collection, Correspondence: Sent 1843, 1862-1865
- Object Type: Text
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Military service--1860-1870
- Military service, Voluntary
- Soldiers--Maine
- Washburn, Samuel Benjamin, 1824-1890
- Washburn, Elihu Benjamin, 1816-1887
- Gunboats--United States
- Warships--United States
- Maine--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
- Washburne, E. B. (Elihu Benjamin), 1816-1887--correspondence
- Washburn family
People
- Reade Washburn, Addie Brown
- Thompson Washburn, Lorette May
- Washburn, Greeleaf Whittier
- Washburn, Israel
- Washburn, Katherine Benjamin
- Washburn, Martha Benjamin
- Washburn, Mary Lorette
- Washburn, Samuel Benjamin
- Washburn, Sidney
- Washburne, Elihu Benjamin
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Washburn Norlands Living History Center290 Norlands Road, Livermore, ME 04253
(207) 897-4366
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