Louis Malesherbes Goldsborough PapersThe collection documents the capture of the castle of San Juan de Ulúa, Mexico, during the Mexican War, and Goldsborough’s tenure as superintendent of the United States Naval Academy (1853-1857). Material dating from the Civil War relates to Goldsborough’s participation in the blockade of Charleston Harbor, S.C.; Ambrose Everett Burnside’s Expedition to North Carolina, and the capture of Roanoke Island, N.C.; naval operations on the James River in Virginia; the scuttling of the USS Merrimack (frigate); Goldsborough’s command of the USS Minnesota (frigate) at Hampton Roads, Virginia, while awaiting attack by the CSS Virginia (ironclad rebuilt from the USS Merrimack); visits to the front lines by Abraham Lincoln and his cabinet; and the capture of suspected Lincoln assassination conspirator John H. Surratt in 1866.
