P2300 UNITED STATES CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS: An Inventory of Letters Relating to the Battleships Minnesota and St. Paul at the Minnesota Historical Society Finding aid prepared by Kathryn A. Johnson. Minnesota Historical Society
St. Paul MN.
 Finding aid encoded by Lyda Morehouse, December 13, 1999. Finding aid written inEnglish August 2008Converted from EAD Version 1.0 to Version 2002 by Monica Manny Ralston, Daniel Sher, and Joyce Chapman. OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION Minnesota Historical Society United States. Chief of Naval Operations. Letters relating to the battleships Minnesota and St. Paul. 1861, 1898, 1945. Photocopies of five letters describing the actions of the battleships Minnesota and St. Paul in the Civil War, the Spanish-American War, and World War II. 1 folder, containing 5 items. P2300. SCOPE AND CONTENTS OF THE COLLECTION

Letters from Silas E. Stringham, commander of the U.S.S. Minnesota to Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy, concerning the successful blockade off the coast near Cape Hatteras, North Carolina (August 29 and August 30, 1861); from Captain Charles D. Sigsbee, U.S.S. St. Paul, to the secretary of war, describing the blockade and engagement near Santiago, Cuba (June 28, 1898); and from E. H. Von Heimburg, U.S.S. St. Paul with information on the bombardment of Kamaishki, on the island of Honshu, Japan (August 10, 1945).

RELATED MATERIALS

Originals are in Office of Chief of Naval Operations, Washington, D.C.

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This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics: Naval battles--Cuba.Naval battles--Japan.Naval battles--United States.World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations. Places: North Carolina--History--Civil War.Spanish-American War, 1898--Campaigns--Cuba.United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Naval operations. Persons: Sigsbee, Charles D. (Charles Dwight), 1845-1923.Stringham, Silas Horton, 1797-1876.Von Heimburg, E. H. Organizations: Minnesota (Battleship).St. Paul (Battleship). ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Preferred Citation:

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 Accession Information:

Accession number: 8660

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Processed by: Kathryn A. Johnson, July 1998

Catalog ID number: 09-00321318