claim: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was friends with Friedrich Schiller in the late 1700s.
evidence: USS Grand Gulf -LRB- 1863 -RRB- was a screw steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War .. steamer. Steamboat. Union Navy. Union Navy. American Civil War. American Civil War. She was effective in performing blockade duty , and captured a number of Confederate blockade runners .. Confederate. Confederate States of America. Grand Gulf was purchased in New York as Onward 14 September 1863 from her builders , Cornelius and Richard Poillon ; and commissioned 28 September 1863 , Comdr. George Ransom in command .. New York. New York City