Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Captain Maffitt” in chapter 1.16 of Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government:
...tols, and a twelve-pound howitzer.
The instructions were to proceed to the coast of America, to cruise against the enemy's commerce.
Under these orders he destroyed many Federal vessels.
Of him Captain Maffitt wrote: Daring, even beyond the point of martial prudence, he entered the harbor of Portland at midnight, and capture the revenue Cutter Caleb Cushing; but, instead of instantly burning her, ran her o...
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