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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02828.08 |
| From Archive Folder | Letters written by George A. Tittle while cruising the North Atlantic aboard the USS Kearsarge |
| Title | George A. Tittle to his sister, expressing thanks for the photographs |
| Date | 23 March 1863 |
| Author | Tittle, George A. (fl. 1862-1864) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | References his sister's letters of 25 July and 5 September 1862, which he received on 15 March 1863. Also received her letters from 5 & 7 January as well as 5 February. Tells her not send letter by the Naval Lyceum as letters are allowed to sit there too long before being sent on. Obliged for the photographs, "although I do not consider them well executed." Leaving on 25 March to go to Fayal Island, Azores to pick up their new captain, Winslow. Does not know where they are going afterward, but assumes they will go after privateers. |
| Subjects | Global History and Civics Civil War Military History Union Forces Navy Soldier's Letter Union Soldier's Letter Photography Post Office Privateering |
| People | Tittle, George A. (fl. 1862-1864) |
| Place written | Aboard USS Kearsarge at Cadiz, Spain |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Naval & Maritime; Foreign Affairs |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Folder Information: Surgeon steward Tittle details the "Kearsarge's" 1862-1864 cruise, including her engagement with the CSS "Alabama." The USS "Kearsarge" eventually fought and sank the Confederate raider off the French coast on 19 June 1864. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Civil War: Recipient Relationship | Father |