Autobiography and reminiscences : Memoirs and Narratives 1886.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Saltonstall, William G., author.

Contributor:

Adam Matthew Digital (Firm), digitiser.

Series:

Life at Sea: Seafaring in the Anglo-American Maritime World, 1600-2613

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Navies.

Sailors.

Genre:

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2022.

Summary:

Autobiography and reminiscences of William G. Saltonstall of Salem, Mass. include a preface on the Saltonstall family ancestry, a 32-page autobiography, and typewritten reminiscences of his experience as a volunteer in the U.S. Navy during the Civil War. Saltonstall was in the Battle of Big Bethel in 1861, witnessed the battle between the MONITOR and the MERRIMACK, participated in the siege of Washington, N.C. (Pamlico River) and commanded various vessels including steamers and a gunboat, until his resignation from the Navy in September 1865. Saltonstall later was involved in shipping cotton from the South to the North, an Australian shipping business, and in 1873 was elected Treasurer of the York Manufacturing Co. of Saco, Maine, with offices in Boston.

Notes:

Massachusetts Historical Society: Saltonstall Family Paper 1524-1999.

Access Restriction:

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