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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC06639 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 |
| Title | John Ericsson to the editor of the New York World regarding an article on the ironclad ship, USS Monitor |
| Date | 8 January 1862 |
| Author | Ericsson, John (1803-1889) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Wants to correct an "erroneous impression" from an article in his newspaper on his superintending of construction of an ironclad ship (the USS "Monitor") on behalf of Bushnell & Co. Says he is in fact making the ship "to my own plans approved by a special board of naval officers" under an agreement with the Secretary of the Navy dated 4 October 1861. Says he has been joined by "a few loyal and spirited citizens" who think "an impregnable floating battery will prove an important auxiliary at the present crisis." |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Ironclad Maritime Navy Science and Technology Inventor Construction Lincoln's Cabinet |
| People | Ericsson, John (1803-1889) |
| Place written | New York, New York |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Naval & Maritime |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Civil War: Unit | USS Monitor |