Keywords: Queenstown (Ireland)
Item 22416
J. M. Dillingham letter to mother, October 1861
Contributed by: Freeport Historical Society Date: 1861 Location: Freeport; Queenstown; Cork; Antwerp Media: Ink on paper
Item 9630
Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: 1863 Location: Callao; Cork; Queenstown Media: Ink on paper
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.