Folder 4: Account of Action Taken on USS Preble
- Containers:
- Box 1, Folder 4
- Scope and content:
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Relates to a story of Whittle's first action in the United States Navy, when he was serving as a midshipman on the USS Preble. The action occured off Anton Lizardo near Vera Cruz, Mexico and involved U.S. Naval vessels and two steamships flying no flag whose objective was to assist General Miramon in his rebellion against President Juarez of Mexico. The two vessels sailed from Havana, Cuba
Access and use
- Location of collection:
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3023 Patricia W. and J. Douglas Perry LibraryOld Dominion University4427 Hampton BlvdNorfolk, VA 23529
- Contact for questions and access:
- POC: Jessica RitchieEmail: jhritchi@odu.eduPhone: (757) 683-4483Fax: (757) 683-5954
- Parent restrictions:
- Open to researchers without restrictions.
- Parent terms of access:
- Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from Special Collections and University Archives, and the holder of the copyright, if not Old Dominion University Libraries.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 4, Account of Action Taken on USS Preble, 1860 March, Whittle Family Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.