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Ink, Dirt and Powder Smoke:
The Civil War Letters of William F. Keeler,
Paymaster on the USS Monitor
Union Navy Paymaster William F. Keeler's classic Civil War letters from the USS Monitor & USS Florida, complete and unabridged, now in a revised and updated single volume.
Title: Ink, Dirt and Powder Smoke: The Civil War Letters of William F. Keeler, Paymaster on the USS Monitor
Length: 696 pages
Publisher: Seal River Publishing
Publication date: Summer and Fall 2023
Edited by: Charles W. McLandress
"Of the many collections of Civil War letters, both published and unpublished, few of them are as vivid and pertinent as Keeler’s.” -- award-winning naval historian Craig L. Symonds (email correspondence with the editor, 2019)
ISBN: 9781738726905 (paperback)
9781738726912 (hard cover)
Libraries and bookstores can order the book through IngramSpark.
Sample letters from Ink, Dirt and Powder Smoke
William Keeler's two most historically important letters are those describing the battle between the USS Monitor and CSS Virginia on March 9, 1862 and the sinking of the Monitor in a violent gale off Cape Hatteras on December 31, 1862.
The battle between the USS Monitor and CSS Virginia, March 9, 1862
The sinking of the USS Monitor, December 31, 1862