Letters, 1861 August - 1863 June

1. 1861 August 8, USS Cumberland, off Boston: Love letter to Mary Chase Steele.
2. Photograph of George U. Morris.
3. 1863 May 9, Port Royal, Apalachicola Bay: Chases blockade runner but fails; reports iron-clad under construction; gunboat Chattahoochee elusive; refugees; complaints.
4. 1863 May 13, Port Royal, St. George's Sound: Waiting for the ironclad; thrill of danger; war has hardened him; remembers the sinking of the "Cumberland."
5. 1863 June 12, Port Royal, St. George's Sound: Gives advice concerning companions; explosion of the Chattahoochee, killing 18; his 33rd birthday.
6. 1863 June 14, Port Royal, St. George's Sound: Waiting for the ironclad; needs repairs; mosquitos, sickness afflicting the crew; complains of boredom; jests about the rights of women; confesses his love; sinking of the Cumberland; loss of letters; scurvy on another ship; rumor of raising the Chattahoochee.