4 April 1864

McSherry, Henry F., fl. 1837

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Gideon Wells

McSherry to Gideon Wells, Secretary of the US Navy on his appointment to surgeon.

GLC09324.39

circa 1860-1865

McSherry, Henry F., fl. 1837

Header Record

Title: [Collection of Henry F. McSherry] [Decimalized .01- .40]

37 letters and documents pertaining to Assistant Surgeon of Martinsburg, [West] Virginia, who served in the U.S. Navy throughout the war. Letters from his family contain good wartime content, from Union supporters in the South. Includes July 1860 Navy Department commission issued to McSherry; a poem dedicated to two local Confederate soldier brothers who "fell in the battle of Manassas… standing side by side. At the same instant, both, mortally wounded"; a telegram from McSherry's father dated May 17, 1861, which simply states "Do not resign." Letter of 5/1/1865 has observations of Lee and…

GLC09324

2 December 1861

McSherry, Henry F., fl. 1837

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Gideon Welles

Written by McSherry as Assistant Surgeon aboard the USS "Vandalia" to Welles as Secretary of Navy. Marked "Copy" at bottom. Acknowledges receiving Welles's order of 30 November 1861 to proceed to Philadelphia and to report to Commodore Pendergast for duty on board the "USS Sciota," a steam gunboat. Written at the Navy Yard.

GLC03523.21.62