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Title
Battle for Roanoke Island
Creator
Hollis, George Fearing, b. 1838
Date Created and/or Issued
between 1862 and 1903
Contributing Institution
UC San Diego, Special Collections and Archives
Collection
George Fearing Hollis Papers
Rights Information
Public domain
Constraint(s) on Use: This work may be used without prior permission.
Use: This work is available from the UC San Diego Library. This digital copy of the work is intended to support research, teaching, and private study.
Description
Located in the Civil War series.
Handwritten account of difficulties of finding vessels to navigate shallow North Carolina rivers to participate in the battle (1862 February 7-8) where Brigadier General Ambrose E. Burnside landed an amphibious force and took the Confederate fort. Also includes an account of a storm encountered as the convoy sailed to the battle site.
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca)
This digital image is a surrogate of an item from the George Fearing Hollis Papers.
[Title, Date]. George Fearing Hollis Papers. MSS 471. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.
Type
text
Identifier
ark:/20775/bb3039984j
Language
English
Subject
American Civil War (1861-1865)

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