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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC08302 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1861 |
| Title | Louis Malesherbes Goldsborough to Captain A. Harwood regarding secession |
| Date | 1 May 1861 |
| Author | Goldsborough, Louis Malesherbes (1805-1877) |
| Recipient | Harwood, A. |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | On board USS Congress, Montevideo, Uruguay, re: on -board experiments with sponges and the ship's guns; attacking secession: "no country on earth can stand universal Suffrage and secession.... The idea, too, that with us, one owes a higher and holier allegiance to his state than to his country is enough to destroy nationality and patriotism, and to disqualify anyone from holding a Federal trust." |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Secession Navy Union General Union Forces Weaponry |
| People | Goldsborough, Louis Malesherbes (1805-1877) Harwood, A. (fl. 1861) |
| 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 |