Letter from the bark Ohio
Language: eng
Subjects: Whaling; Alabama (Screw sloop); Confederate States of America; Naval operations; Confederate States of America. Navy; History
Description: Anonymous letter (1863 December 27; South Atlantic) written from the bark Ohio of New Bedford, Mass., Daniel Flanders, master.  The writer notes that whales were taken in the South Atlantic.  Having learned that a Confederate raider, the screw sloop Alabama, was in the vicinity, the Ohio sailed to the Indian Ocean where it also fished for whales and later returned to the South Atlantic.
Notes: Open to research.

Purchase, 1997.

Collection material in English.

Forms part of: Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection.