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Preferred Citation:

John Dickinson Ingraham Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary

Processing Information:

Accessioned and minimally processed by Benjamin Bromley in June 2011.

Scope and Contents

Diary, 1849-1862, of John Dickinson Ingraham, a member of the United States Navy during the Civil War on the ship Narragansett. Includes information about Ingraham's experience on ships both before and during the Civil War. There are also drawings of animals in another hand at the end of the volume. There are also two letters, one written to Ingraham's father and one written to Ingraham's wife.

Related Material

A Guide to Civil War Resources in the Special Collections Research Center

Information about related materials is available at http://guides.swem.wm.edu/civilwar

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Diaries
• Sailors--United States--Diaries
• United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Diaries
• United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Naval operations
• United States. Navy--History--19th century
• United States. Navy--History--Civil War