William Alexander Marshall PapersThe papers of U.S. naval officer William Alexander Marshall (1849-1926) span the years 1870-1926, with the bulk of the material dated 1904. The collection chronicles the Battle of Chemulpo near present day Inch'ŏn, Korea, on February 9, 1904, at the beginning of the Russo-Japanese War. Marshall commanded the gunboat USS Vicksburg, which was deployed to Chemulpo to protect American interests in Korea as tensions in the region escalated between Japan and Russia.
