Telegram from Captain Charles D. Sigsbee, Commander of the USS Maine, to the Secretary of the Navy
2/15/1898
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This telegram was written by Captain Charles D. Sigsbee regarding the sinking of the USS Maine.
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Captain Charles S. Sigsbee, Commander of the U.S.S. Maine sent this telegram from the steamer S.S. City of Washington to Washington announcing the sinking of the U.S.S. Maine.
This primary source comes from the Naval Records Collection of the Office of Naval Records and Library.
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300266Full Citation: Telegram from Captain Charles D. Sigsbee, Commander of the USS Maine, to the Secretary of the Navy; 2/15/1898; 11-15 February 1898; Area Files, ca. 1924–ca. 1946; Naval Records Collection of the Office of Naval Records and Library, Record Group 45; National Archives Building, Washington, DC. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/documents/document/telegram-from-captain-charles-d-sigsbee-commander-of-the-uss-maine-to-the-secretary-of-the-navy, April 25, 2024]