Nimitz Library Digital Collections

Office of the Superintendent: General Correspondence, 1845-1898
United States Naval Academy; United States Naval Academy. Superintendent; United States Naval Academy -- Administration; United States Naval Academy -- Alumni and alumnae; United States Naval Academy. Band; United States Naval Academy -- Buildings...
Academy Archives Finding Aids

Case of the Somers mutiny: defense of Alexander Slidell Mackenzie, commander of the U.S. Brig Somers, before the court martial held at the Navy yard, Brooklyn
United States.Navy.Court-martial (Mackenzie : 1843); Somers (Brig : 1842-1846); Somers Mutiny, 1842; Courts-martial and courts of inquiry -- United States
CASE OF THE SOMERS' MUTINY DEFENCE OF ALEXANDER SLIDELL MACKENZIE COMMANDER OF THE U.S. BRIG SOMERS, BEFORE THE COURT MARTIAL HELD AT THE NAVY YARD, BROOKLYN NEW YORK: TRlBUNE OFFICE, 160 NASSAU STREET, 1843 CASE OF THE SOMERS'...
The Somers Affair

Battle for Salerno
Salerno, Battle of, Salerno, Italy, 1943; Antiaircraft artillery; Cruisers (Warships) -- United States; World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Italy;
The bitter, bloody battle for Salerno was fought not only on the beaches, but in the harbor beyond the shore, where Allied Naval units joined in the bombardment of enemy positions. Lightly protected from the air, the men who held the beachheads...
World War II - Combat Photographs

Ida Emilie and Wilna J. Cornwell Letters, 1943-1945
United States. Naval Reserve. Women's Reserve -- History -- World War, 1939-1945; United States. Navy -- Women; World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Female; Manuscripts;
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Daniel Jones Letters, 1860-1863
Jones, Daniel, d. 1877; Sailors -- United States -- Correspondence; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Naval operations; Manuscripts; Correspondence;
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Knight W. Wheeler Diaries, 1907-1915
Wheeler, Knight W; Hopkins (Destroyer : DD-6); Albatross (Steamer); United States. Navy -- Cruise, 1907-1909; Destroyers (Warships) -- United States; Scientific expeditions; Manuscripts; Diaries; Clippings (information artifacts); Photographs;...
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Correspondence, 1843: Popham, William [Letter] 1843 January 3, New York [to] Commander Mackenzie
Somers (Brig : 1842-1846); Somers Mutiny, 1842; Mackenzie, Alexander Slidell, 1803-1848; Popham, William, 1752-1847
New York Jany 3rd 1843 Commander Mackensie Sir Although a personal stranger to you, I cannot restrain the expression of my feelings to you, in this moment of universal excitement—I am a very old soldier of the Revolution, and was present at Head...
The Somers Affair

The cruise of the Somers : illustrative of the despotism of the quarter deck : and of the unmanly conduct of Commander Mackenzie
Somers (Brig : 1842-1846); Somers Mutiny, 1842; Mackenzie, Alexander Slidell, 1803-1848
THE CRUISE OF THE SOMERS: ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE DESPOTISM OF THE QUARTERDECK AND OF THE UNMANLY CONDUCT OF COMMANDER MACKENZIE "Difficulty is a bugbear to children, a stimulus to men." New York: J. WINCHESTER, NEW WORLD PRESS, 30 ANN ST. W.B...
The Somers Affair