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Collection Reference Number GLC08284.013
From Archive Folder Letters and documents relating to a commander in the Union navy 
Title Letter to Sam relating the tale of a boiler explosion on a ship
Date n.d.
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description He received the first chapter of Horatio Wait's book. He tells the story of a boiler explosion on board a ship.
Subjects Civil War  Military History  Union Forces  Navy  Soldier's Letter  Union Soldier's Letter  Photography  Art, Music, Theater, and Film    
People Wait, Horatio Loomis (1836-1919)  
Place written Chicago, Illinois
Theme Naval & Maritime
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945