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WAR 1812 WIA MEXICAN & CIVIL WAR NAVY MONITOR ADMIRAL JOSEPH SMITH SIGNED LETTER
WAR 1812 WIA MEXICAN & CIVIL WAR NAVY MONITOR ADMIRAL JOSEPH SMITH SIGNED LETTER
WAR 1812 WIA MEXICAN & CIVIL WAR NAVY MONITOR ADMIRAL JOSEPH SMITH SIGNED LETTER
WAR 1812 WIA MEXICAN & CIVIL WAR NAVY MONITOR ADMIRAL JOSEPH SMITH SIGNED LETTER
WAR 1812 WIA MEXICAN & CIVIL WAR NAVY MONITOR ADMIRAL JOSEPH SMITH SIGNED LETTER
WAR 1812 WIA MEXICAN & CIVIL WAR NAVY MONITOR ADMIRAL JOSEPH SMITH SIGNED LETTER

WAR 1812 WIA MEXICAN & CIVIL WAR NAVY MONITOR ADMIRAL JOSEPH SMITH SIGNED LETTER

$ 395.8

Availability: 14 in stock
  • Original/Reproduction: Original
  • Condition: Used
  • Featured Refinements: Civil War Letter
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Theme: Militaria
  • Conflict: Civil War (1861-65)
  • Modified Item: No

    Description

    INVREF#CL6-28
    Here’s a RARE ALS of Civil War Admiral JOSEPH SMITH (1790 - 1877) WAR OF 1812 WIA NAVY 1st LIEUTENANT ABOARD THE BRIG “EAGLE” PARTICIPATING IN THE BATTLE OF LAKE CHAMPLAIN, WHERE HE WAS WOUNDED-IN-ACTION, ALGERIAN WAR OFFICER IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SQUADRON 1815-1816, MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR CAPTAIN OF THE FLAGSHIP “CUMBERLAND -&- CIVIL WAR ADMIRAL and CHIEF OF THE BUREAU OF YARDS and DOCKS APPOINTED BY PRESIDENT LINCOLN. Admiral Smith worked with John Ericsson in the design of the revolutionary ironclad “Monitor” which confronted the Confederate ironclad “Merrimack” in the historic Hampton Roads Civil War naval battle! >::>::