Transcribed Newspaper Articles

Transcribed newspaper articles related to the USS Tecumseh and members of her crew


04 JUN 1863 - Jersey City Iron-Clads (New York Daily Herald, New York, NY)

14 SEP 1863 - Our Iron-Clad Navy: Launch of the Ericsson Battery Tecumseh (New York Herald, New York, NY)

19 SEP 1863 - Launch of the Iron-Clad Tecumseh (The United States Army and Navy Journal)

01 MAR 1864 - The Second Batch of Monitors(The Pittsburgh Daily Commercial, Pittsburgh, PA)

31 MAR 1864 - Tecumseh Final Trial Trip (The Pittsburgh Daily Commercial, Pittsburgh, PA)

04 MAR 1864 - Trial Trip of the Tecumseh (New York Daily Tribune, New York, NY)

20 APR 1864 - Changes at the Yard (Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Brooklyn, NY)

09 AUG 1864 - An Authentic Account of the Victory at Mobile: The Tecumseh (The Era, New Orleans, LA)

10 AUG 1864 - More Glorious News from Mobile: The Surviors of the Tecumseh (The Era, New Orleans, LA)

16 AUG 1864 - The Loss of the Tecumseh: Letter from the Survivors (The Times-Democrat, New Orleans, LA)

16 AUG 1864 - Sketch of Commander T. A. M. Craven, U.S.N., late Commander of the Tecumseh (The Evening Telegraph, Philadelphia, PA)

16 AUG 1864 - Sketch of Lieutenant John W. Kelley, late Executive Officer of the Monitor Tecumseh (New York Daily Herald, New York, NY)

17 AUG 1864 - The Late Captain Craven (The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA)

18 AUG 1864 - Capt. T. A. M. Craven (New York Daily Tribune, New York, NY)

19 AUG 1864 - The Tecumseh Disaster (New York Daily Herald, New York, NY)

01 SEP 1864 - The Act of Captain Craven (The Pittsburgh Daily Post, Pittsburgh, PA)

03 SEP 1864 - Obituary: Chief Engineer John Faron, U.S.N. (Army-Navy Journal)

22 OCT 1864 - Obituary: Dr. Henry A. Danker, U.S.N. (Army-Navy Journal)

14 JUL 1876 - The Threat of a Sharp Speculator to Blow the Lost Iron-Clad Tecumseh to Pieces (Richmond Dispatch, Richmond, VA)

20 AUG 1877 - The "Tecumseh" Again: Litigation Over its Salvage (The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA)

20 AUG 1877 - Current Events (Brookyn Daily Eagle, Brooklyn, NY)

31 OCT 1877 - Secor Robeson's Sacrilege (New York Sun, New York, NY)

01 JAN 1881 - A Brave Sailor's Act (The Harrisburg Telegraph, Harrisburg, PA)

28 MAY 1883 - Memorial Day: Evening Service (Watertown Daily Times, Watertown, NY)

29 May 1887 - Veterans of the Navy: A Decoration Day Discourse on the Deeds of Sailors (The Marion Enterprise, Marion, NY)

02 JUN 1887 - Letter to the Editor: The Mobile Bay Combat, Peter C. Parker (The New York Times, New York, NY)

18 MAY 1888 - Letter to the Editor, Carpenter's Mate E.F.H., USN (Canaseraga Times, Canaseraga, NY)

06 MAR 1897 - Torpedo Boats Named, (The Boston Globe, Boston, MA)

21 MAY 1897 - Escaped by Port Hole, Experiences of Survivor of US Monitor Tecumseh (The Boston Globe, Boston, MA)

01 AUG 1897 - Craven's Fame Endures, Torpedo Boat 10 to Receive His Name (New York Sun, New York , NY)

28 APR 1905 - Was Naval Hero's Widow (The New York Times, New York, NY

21 FEB 1907 - A Veteran Tar (The National Tribune, Washington, DC)

14 DEC 1907 - To Commemorate Heroism of Officers and Men (New York Post, New York, NY)

16 JUN 1908 - Tecumseh's Sole Survivor Dies (The New York Times New York, NY)

31 JUL 1910 - Saved by Throwing a Sop to Fate: The Miracle of Mobile Bay, RADM Caspar F. Goodrich, USN (New York Herald, New York, NY)

11 SEP 1910 - Tunis MacDonough Craven, The Sidney of the American Navy (The Evening Star, Washington, DC)

13 MAR 1923 - C. A. Packard Dead; Tecumseh Veteran - (Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Brooklyn, NY)