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War and Military

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Union Bark Conrad proof of ownership and registration

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3725
Abstract

Photocopies of the 1861 Proof of Ownership and Registration forms for the Bark Conrad which was later captured by the C.S.S. Alabama and recommissioned as the Tuscaloosa

Dates: 1861

CSS Alabama partial muster roll

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3724
Abstract

Partial muster roll of the CSS Alabama.

Dates: after 1864 June 19

C.S.S. Tuscaloosa Logs

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0251
Abstract

Portions of the logs for the C.S.S. Alabama and the C.S.S. Tuscaloosa. The logs document the daily weather, longitude and latitude as well as information about engagements with enemy ships. There is also a list of ships captured by the Alabama from 5 September 1862 to 20 June 1863 and copies of the correspondence between Lieutenant John Low as captain of the C.S.S. Tuscaloosa and various authorities of the British colony of the Cape of Good Hope.

Dates: 1862–1864

Thomas Dudley letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0452
Abstract

A letter dated 9 July 1862, to S. Price Edwards, Collector of Customs at Liverpool, regarding a gunboat (C.S.S. Alabama) being built in the yard of Mssrs. Laird. Holograph copy.

Dates: 1862 July 9