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United States. Navy--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

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Matlack family letters to Samuel J. Matlack

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0916
Abstract

This collection consists of seventeen letters written by members of the Matlack family in Philadelphia to Samuel J. Matlack while he was serving in the Union Navy aboard the USSWissahickon, a gunboat in the blockading squadron off the coast of South Carolina, during the American Civil War, from 1862-1865.

Dates: 1862-1865