Esbon C. Lambert Diary and Letters
Collection
Identifier: MSS-3924
Scope and Contents note
This collection includes a diary from 1863-1864, two letters, one cargo list, and four envelopes. The diary details Lambert's time on the USS Itasca, where he served as a U.S. Navy landsman. His diary accounts for the entire year he served on the Itasca leading up to the day of the Battle of Mobile Bay and starting again several weeks later.
The first letter is from Lambert to Joseph Garton, who was the father of Lambert's future wife, Emma Garton. Garton was serving on the USS Kennebec. The second is from Joseph Garton to a Lizzie Garton in Bridgewater, New Jersey.
The first letter is from Lambert to Joseph Garton, who was the father of Lambert's future wife, Emma Garton. Garton was serving on the USS Kennebec. The second is from Joseph Garton to a Lizzie Garton in Bridgewater, New Jersey.
Dates
- 1863-1864
Creator
- Lambert, Esbon C. (Person)
Biographical/Historical note
Esbon C. Lambert, a United States Navy landsman, served on the USS Itasca during the Civil War. He was born in 1843 to William C. Lambert and Margaret Boone Sutton. Originally from Salem County, New Jersey, Lambert served on the Union gunboat Itasca from 1863 to 1864 during the Battle of Mobile Bay. Lambert married Emma Jane Garton on February 15, 1867.
Extent
0.2 Linear Feet (1 diary, 2 letters, 1 cargo list, 4 envelopes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Diary and letters from Lambert, a United States Navy landsman aboard the USS Itasca from 1863-1864, during the Battle of Mobile Bay.
Provenance
Purchased from Bookseller Ian Brabner, 2012.
Processed by
Andrew Harris, 2012
- Title
- Guide to Esbon C. Lambert Diary and Letters
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- November 2012
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections Repository