Letter from Walter M. Dickinson to Asa Williams Dickinson

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Title:
Letter from Walter M. Dickinson to Asa Williams Dickinson
Description:
Writing en route to the seat of war in Cuba aboard the USS Cherokee, acting as regimental quartermaster. Do not yet know whether they are heading to Puerto Rico or Santiago, though he believes it will be Cuba. Traveling in convoy of about 40 ships, including gunboats, with a force of about 25,000 men aboard. Men are badly crowded; delayed in start may have been due to the Navy not having enough ships to escort.
Creator:
Dickinson, Walter Mason, 1856-1898
Addressee:
Dickinson, Asa Williams
Date:
June 15, 1898
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Location:
Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
Collection (local):
Walter Mason Dickinson Papers
Subjects:
Spanish-American War, 1898
Extent:
4 p.
Link to Item:
http://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/mufs173-i019
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Place of origin:
Transport Cherokee, Gulf of Mexico
Language:
English
Identifier:
mufs173-i019