Collection ID: 0015 | Metadata type: TEI | TEI XML | Data

Title

Steam Sloop Wyoming logbook and journal

Authors

• Dwier, William W.

Call number

1978.5.1
(Philadelphia (Pa.), J. Welles Henderson Archives and Library, Independence Seaport Museum)

Publisher

J. Welles Henderson Archives and Library, Independence Seaport Museum

Language

Primary language: English.

Origin

Date

From 1862 to 1863

Place

Philadelphia (Pa.)

Summary

Journal kept by kept by William W. Dwier, acting carpenter, aboard the Steam Sloop Wyoming during the United States Civil War. The ship was sent to the Pacific to search for the CSS Alabama. Dwier describes day-to-day life on board the ship in the Pacific, maintenance, and repairs required after hitting rocks or coral reefs. The ship traveled through the Straits of Bernadino to the Phillippines, to China, and to Japan. In China, the ship made port in Macao, Shanghai, Ningpo (where the ship was sent to protect American inhabitants in case of battle), Amoy. A description of the Wyoming's participation in the battle of Shimonoseki with the Japanese on July 16, 1863. In the journal, Dwier frequently mentions ships that they pass, the scenery, the weather, illness (particularly cholera), supplies brought on board (especially coal), and purchases he made in ports. He only occasionally mentions military events taking place in the North and South of the United States of America.

Subjects names

• Wyoming (Sloop of war)

Subjects geographic

• United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Naval operations

Genres

• Diaries

Licenses

• Text

  Metadata is ©2016 J. Welles Henderson Archives and Library, Independence Seaport Museum and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License version 4.0 (CC-BY-4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. For a description of the terms of use see the Creative Commons Deed https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.

  URL

  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode

• Text

  These images and the content of J. Welles Henderson Archives and Library, Independence Seaport Museum 1978.5.1 Steam Sloop Wyoming logbook and journal are free of known copyright restrictions and in the public domain. See the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark page for usage details, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/.

  URL

  http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

Table of contents

• Flyleaf 1 verso — The property of Mr. Dwier
• fol. 1r — A copy of the requisition made on the twenty-seventh day of November 1861
• fol. 1v — Dimensions of the USS Wyoming
• fol. 3r — August 4-5, 1862
• fol. 3v — August 6-8, 1862
• fol. 4r — August 9-10, 1862
• fol. 4v — August 11-12, 1862
• fol. 5r — August 13, 1862
• fol. 6r — August 14, 1862
• fol. 6v — August 16, 1862
• fol. 7r — August 17, 1862
• fol. 7v — August 18-19, 1862
• fol. 8r — August 20, 1862
• fol. 8v — August 22-24, 1862
• fol. 9r — August 25, 1862
• fol. 9v — August 26-27, 1862
• fol. 10r — August 28-29, 1862
• fol. 10v — August 30-31, 1862
• fol. 11r — September 1-3, 1862
• fol. 11v — September 4-6, 1862
• fol. 12r — September 7, 1862
• fol. 12v — September 8-10, 1862
• fol. 13r — September 11, 1862
• fol. 13v — September 12-13, 1862
• fol. 14r — September 14-15, 1862
• fol. 14v — September 16, 1862
• fol. 15r — September 17-18, 1862
• fol. 15v — September 19, 1862
• fol. 16r — September 20-21, 1862
• fol. 16v — September 22-23, 1862
• fol. 17r — September 24-25, 1862
• fol. 17v — September 26-28, 1862
• fol. 18r — September 29-30, 1862
• fol. 18v — October 1-2, 1862
• fol. 19r — October 3, 1862
• fol. 19v — October 5, 1862
• fol. 20r — October 6, 1862
• fol. 20v — October 7-10, 1862
• fol. 21r — October 11-14, 1862
• fol. 21v — October 15-17, 1862
• fol. 22r — October 18-19, 1862
• fol. 22v — October 20-21, 1862
• fol. 23r — October 22-23, 1862
• fol. 23v — October 24-26, 1862
• fol. 24r — October 27-28, 1862
• fol. 24v — October 29-30, 1862
• fol. 25r — October 31, 1862
• fol. 25v — November 1-2, 1862
• fol. 26r — November 3-4, 1862
• fol. 26v — November 5, 1862
• fol. 27r — November 6-7, 1862
• fol. 27v — November 8-9, 1862
• fol. 28r — November 10-12, 1862
• fol. 29r — November 13, 1862
• fol. 29v — November 14, 1862
• fol. 30v — November 15-16, 1862
• fol. 31r — November 17, 1862
• fol. 31v — November 18-21, 1862
• fol. 32r — November 22-24, 1862
• fol. 32v — November 25-26, 1862
• fol. 33r — November 27, 1862
• fol. 33v — November 28, 1862
• fol. 34r — November 29, 1862
• fol. 34v — November 30, 1862
• fol. 35r — December 1-2, 1862
• fol. 35v — December 3-4, 1862
• fol. 36r — December 5-7, 1862
• fol. 36v — December 8-10, 1862
• fol. 37r — December 11-12, 1862
• fol. 37v — December 13-15, 1862
• fol. 38r — December 16-17, 1862
• fol. 38v — December 19, 1862
• fol. 39r — December 20-21, 1862
• fol. 39v — December 22-23, 1862
• fol. 40r — December 25-27, 1862
• fol. 40v — December 28-31, 1862
• fol. 41r — January 1-3, 1863
• fol. 41v — January 4-6, 1863
• fol. 42r — January 7-8, 1863
• fol. 42v — January 9-10, 1863
• fol. 43r — January 11-12, 1863
• fol. 43v — January 13-14, 1863
• fol. 44r — January 15-17, 1863
• fol. 44v — January 18-22, 1863
• fol. 45r — January 23-27, 1863
• fol. 45v — January 28-30, 1863
• fol. 46r — January 31-February 2, 1863
• fol. 46v — February 3-6, 1863
• fol. 47r — February 7-10, 1863
• fol. 47v — February 11-16, 1863
• fol. 48r — February 17-20, 1863
• fol. 48v — February 21-22, 1863
• fol. 49r — February 23-27, 1863
• fol. 49v — February 28-March 1, 1863
• fol. 50r — March 2-6, 1863
• fol. 50v — March 7-11, 1863
• fol. 51r — March 12-16, 1863
• fol. 51v — March 17-21, 1863
• fol. 52r — March 22, 1863
• fol. 52v — March 23-25, 1863
• fol. 53r — March 26-28, 1863
• fol. 53v — March 29-30, 1863
• fol. 54r — March 31-April 2, 1863
• fol. 54v — April 3-7, 1863
• fol. 55r — April 8-10, 1863
• fol. 55v — April 11-14, 1863
• fol. 56r — April 15-19, 1863
• fol. 56v — April 20-22, 1863
• fol. 57r — April 23-25, 1863
• fol. 57v — April 26-27, 1863
• fol. 58r — April 28-May 1, 1863
• fol. 58v — May 2-5, 1863
• fol. 59r — May 6-7, 1863
• fol. 59v — May 8, 1863
• fol. 60r — May 9-10, 1863
• fol. 60v — May 11-1863
• fol. 61r — May 12-14, 1863
• fol. 61v — May 15-18, 1863
• fol. 62r — May 19-21, 1863
• fol. 62v — May 22-24, 1863
• fol. 63r — May 25-26, 1863
• fol. 63v — May 27-30, 1863
• fol. 64r — May 31-June 1, 1863
• fol. 64v — June 2-4, 1863
• fol. 65r — June 5-7, 1863
• fol. 65v — June 8, 1863
• fol. 66r — June 9, 1863
• fol. 66v — June 10-12, 1863
• fol. 67r — June 13-14, 1863
• fol. 67v — June 15-17, 1863
• fol. 68r — June 18-20, 1863
• fol. 68v — June 21-23, 1863
• fol. 69r — June 24-28, 1863
• fol. 69v — June 29-July 3, 1863
• fol. 70r — July 4, 1863
• fol. 70v — July 5-6, 1863
• fol. 71r — July 7-10, 1863
• fol. 71v — July 11-13, 1863
• fol. 72r — July 14-16, 1863
• fol. 73v — July 17-18, 1863
• fol. 74r — July 19-20, 1863
• fol. 74v — July 21-23, 1863
• fol. 75r — July 24-26, 1863
• fol. 75v — July 27-30, 1863
• fol. 76r — July 31-August 2, 1863
• fol. 76v — August 3-6, 1863
• fol. 77r — August 7-10, 1863
• fol. 77v — August 11-14, 1863
• fol. 78r — August 15-19, 1863
• fol. 78v — August 20-22, 1863
• fol. 79r — August 23-25, 1863
• fol. 79v — August 26-28, 1863
• fol. 80r — August 29-31, 1863
• Flyleaf 1 verso — The property of Mr. Dwier