Keywords: Chincha ISlands
Item 9613
Receipt, Chincha Islands, 1861
Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: 1861-04-09 Media: Ink on paper
Item 15183
Contributed by: City of Brewer Date: 1865-04-04 Location: Brewer Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
War Through the Eyes of a Young Sailor
Eager to deal with the "Sesech" [Secessionists], young deepwater sailor John Monroe Dillingham of Freeport enlisted in the U.S. Navy as soon as he returned from a long voyage in 1862. His letters and those of his family offer first-hand insight into how one individual viewed the war.