Confirmation of James H. Tomb's Sons-- Part 2:

Papers of James Hamilton Tomb (died after 1900) of Florida include his memoirs of the Civil War  when he was a chief engineering officer in the Confederate Navy; correspondence(partly in Portuguese) while a Brazilian  navy officer, 1866-1867, and recollections and drawings of a torpedo which sank a Brazilian  warship; and  post war correspondence about Civil War naval actions with former Confederate and Union navy officers and other interested persons.

The Civil war papers especially concern Confederate torpedoes and the submarines used  in the attempt to break the Charleston blockade.

Other papers include various records of naval service of his sons, captains William Victor Tomb (died 1941) and James Harvey Tomb (died 1946), including a diary, 1917-1918, of W.T. Tomb while on convoy duty  in the Atlantic during World War I.

O.K.  We have Confirmation.  Both Were the Sons of  James Hamilton Tomb.  --Old B-Runner

Operating Along the Coast in 1862-- Part 1

From the April 4, 2012, Dvids "Civil War diary is the latest museum acquisition."

The 85-page diary of Cpl. William B. Howard, of Company F, 48th New York Volunteer Infantry has been donated to the New York State Military Museum in Sarasota Springs.

It was donated by Jim Livingston and Sherry Penny, who obtained it 30-40 years ago.  It begins the day after his enlistment, September 16, 1861, and ends July 6, 1863, twelve days before he was wounded and captured at the failed attack on Charleston's Fort Wagner.

The museum holds one of the largest Civil War collections in the United States about campaigns in North and South Carolina in 1861 and 1862.

Some Selections from the Diary Next.  --Old B-R'er