NOAA Civil War accounts

[Becky Morgan]

http://www.history.noaa.gov/civilwar.html

NOAA's explanations:
Civil War Record of J.W. Donn
Join John W.Donn as he and fellow Coast Surveyor Frederic W. Dorr conduct mapping and reconnaissance for the Union forces.
War Record of Samuel A. Gilbert, Assistant U.S. Coast Survey, Brevet Brigadier General, U.S. Volunteers
Personal account of Gilbert's involvement in the U.S Civil War.
Robert Platt
Excerpt from Senate Report No. 1114 of the 54th Congress, 1st Session of the United States Senate which details the unique case of Robert Platt - master mariner, Civil War hero, recipient of battle-field commission, Coast Surveyor, and Fisheries research vessel captain.