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- Creator
- Canning, Joseph C
- Call number
- MssCol 467
- Physical description
- .13 linear feet (1 volume)
- Preferred Citation
- Joseph C. Canning journal, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
Journal of Joseph C. Canning covers his period of service as Acting Assistant Paymaster, United States Navy, aboard the U.S.S. Cambridge on blockade duty off the Virginia and Carolina coasts and on duty off the New England coast, 1861-1864; aboard the U.S.S. Mohican on active duty off the Virginia and Carolina coasts during campaigns of Forts Fisher and McAllister, and the final campaigns of the American Civil War, 1864-1865; and aboard the U.S. Ironclad Shawnee off the New England coast, 1865. Includes original poems, several manuscript orders of Confederate officers W. Lamb and D.T. Millard, many clippings on the Civil War and death of President Garfield. Index to principal events is included
Key terms
Names
- Canning, Joseph C
- Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881
- Lamb, W
- Millard, D. T
- Cambridge (Steamship)
- Mohican (Steamship)
- Shawnee (Ironclad)
- United States. Navy
Subjects
Places
- Fort Fisher (N.C. : Fort) -- History -- 19th century
- Fort McAllister (Ga. : Fort) -- History -- 19th century
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Naval operations
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives
Material types
Using the collection
Location
Manuscripts and Archives DivisionStephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328