Box SC1850-1899.003

Scope and Contents note From the Collection: 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...