| dc.contributor |
Neumannn, Emil |
| dc.date.accessioned |
2011-03-22T23:03:38Z |
| dc.date.available |
2011-03-22T23:03:38Z |
| dc.date.issued |
1863-01-07 |
| dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/1911/37657
|
| dc.description |
2 page manuscript letter on front and back of one sheet of lined paper. |
| dc.description.abstract |
Letter from Emil Neumann, a Confederate soldier, to his sister Louisa Neumann, from Galveston. The letter describes a battle in which Emil was in charge of a cannon "near the brick warehouse" on the Strand. He witnessed the capture of the vessel "Harriet Lane" and the escape of her companion ships, the "Orosco" and the "Clifton". |
| dc.format.medium |
documents |
| dc.language.iso |
eng |
| dc.publisher |
Rice University |
| dc.rights |
This material is in the public domain and may be freely used, with attribution. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. |
| dc.rights.uri |
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
|
| dc.source |
Neumann Family Papers, MS 241, folder 4/6 item 8, Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University |
| dc.subject.lcsh |
Shipping--Texas.
|
| dc.title |
Letter from Emil Neumann to sister Louisa Neumann from Galveston. |
| dc.type |
Text |
| dc.digitization.specifications |
Images were captured using the Microtek ScanMaker i900 flatbed scanner, Epson Scan software. Master Tiff images were scanned at 24-bit color or 8bit grayscale, 400 ppi for text, 600 ppi for images and other graphic materials. |
| dc.contributor.funder |
This material digitized as part of the "History of Houston Waterways Project", 2010, funded by a grant from the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. |
| dc.date.digital |
2010 |
| dc.identifier.digital |
wrc00095 |
| dc.identifier.citation |
(1863). "Letter from Emil Neumann to sister Louisa Neumann from Galveston.." |
