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Brookhaven (New York, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.15
concluding with an invitation to the captured officers to dine with him in his cabin. A prize crew in charge of Prize Master Stevens was then put in charge of the captured vessel and ordered to put in at the nearest Southern port. On the same day the schooner Enchantress, from Boston, was captured off Montauk, and placed in charge of a former Savannah pilot, Wallace Smith. She was ordered South. On the following Sunday the Jefferson Davis captured the schooner S. J. Waring, of Brookhaven, L. I., with a valuable cargo. Montague Amiel, a Charleston pilot, was placed in charge, with a mate, second mate and two men. William Tillman, a negro cook, two seamen and a passenger, Bryce McKinnon, were left aboard, and late in the afternoon the captured prize was headed south. On the night of July 16, 1861, when the S. J. Waring was fifty miles south of Charleston, and when the prize captain and mate were asleep in their berths, the second mate at the wheel and the others dozing or
Jacksonville (Florida, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.15
the President of the Confederacy. The Jefferson Davis was 230 tons register and rated at 1 1/2, was a full-rigged brig, and carried four waist-guns, two eighteen-pounders and two twelve-pounders, and one long eighteen-pounder of old English make, amidships. Starting out upon a privateering expedition in 1861, she was in command of Captain Lewis M. Coxeter, who will be remembered by the older citizens of Savannah as the commander of steam-packets plying between Charleston, Savannah and Jacksonville. Soon after leaving Charleston the Davis reaped a rich harvest in capturing Federal vessels with an estimated value of over $225,000. When the Davis captured the John Welsh, off Hatteras, Captain Coxeter, after the work of transferring the stores had been completed, mustered all hands aft, and said to them: Boys, if you molest the crew of that brig or their things to the value of a rope yarn, I will punish you to the utmost of my power. Turning to his officers, he said: Gentlemen,
Buenos Ayres (Arizona, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.15
e others dozing or asleep, William Tillman, the negro cook, carried out a preconcerted plan, killing the three with a hatchet and throwing their bodies overboard. After retaking the vessel, the steward was in command, and shortly afterwards the S. J. Waring was carried up to the Battery in New York harbor by the pilot-boat Jane. After having captured a good number of Federal ships and retained their crews as prisoners of war, the Davis, on July 9, took the ship Mary Goodell, bound for Buenos Ayres, and on account of the fact that the ship was useless to them, and not desiring to destroy life and property as a ruthless conqueror, Captain Coxeter placed his prisoners aboard and allowed the Mary Goodell to go free. The havoc made by the Jefferson Davis on the Atlantic coast, the privateer having captured prizes which amounted to over $200,000, caused the greatest consternation and excitement in Northern ports. Immediately upon learning of her career, the government at Washington o
Appomattox (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.15
y the condemned slave brig Echo, and which is said to have been owned at one time by J. R. Gilmore, better known as Edmund Kirke, whose death recently occurred in New York, has a history which inspires younger generations, who know of the chivalric deeds of the Southerner in the 60's only through listening to the war tales told by the gray-haired around the fireside, or through the reading of a few disconnected portions of the inside history of the hosts who saw their last banner furled at Appomattox, and wended their ways homeward to begin life over again after having revolutionized the wars of the world. On bloody battlefields and on the high seas the soldiers and sailors of the Confederacy covered themselves with glory, their fighting qualities giving to the world a story of self-sacrificing greatness unprecedented in the history of nations, to marvel at and to hand down to oncoming generations, but few of the adventures of the warrior of the South, which were not buried with the
Montauk (New York, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.15
ish you to the utmost of my power. Turning to his officers, he said: Gentlemen, I desire that you do everything in your power to make the stay of these gentlemen as agreeable as possible, concluding with an invitation to the captured officers to dine with him in his cabin. A prize crew in charge of Prize Master Stevens was then put in charge of the captured vessel and ordered to put in at the nearest Southern port. On the same day the schooner Enchantress, from Boston, was captured off Montauk, and placed in charge of a former Savannah pilot, Wallace Smith. She was ordered South. On the following Sunday the Jefferson Davis captured the schooner S. J. Waring, of Brookhaven, L. I., with a valuable cargo. Montague Amiel, a Charleston pilot, was placed in charge, with a mate, second mate and two men. William Tillman, a negro cook, two seamen and a passenger, Bryce McKinnon, were left aboard, and late in the afternoon the captured prize was headed south. On the night of July
Varina (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.15
less to them, and not desiring to destroy life and property as a ruthless conqueror, Captain Coxeter placed his prisoners aboard and allowed the Mary Goodell to go free. The havoc made by the Jefferson Davis on the Atlantic coast, the privateer having captured prizes which amounted to over $200,000, caused the greatest consternation and excitement in Northern ports. Immediately upon learning of her career, the government at Washington ordered a fleet composed of the Jackson, Crawford and Varina, in command of Captain Howard, to search for the Davis and destroy her, and it is a fact that the Davis turned the tables in capturing the ship Crawfordand burning her, after having taken aboard the crew of twenty-two persons. The career of the Davis was ended off the coast of Florida on August 16, when, as the ship was making an effort to sail into the port of St. Augustine, she struck. A small boat was sent ashore for help and the prisoners were landed, and the Confederate officers we
Alabama (Alabama, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.15
were convicted in the United States Circuit Court at Philadelphia upon an indictment of piracy. A message was then sent to the government at Washington by the Confederate government that if the seamen were executed, the Confederate authorities would likewise execute several prominent prisoners of war then in the hands of the Confederates, and the lives of the seamen were thus saved. The career of the Jefferson Davis reads like romance when the very interesting details of captures are told by those who remember when the Davis was as much feared along the Atlantic coast as the Alabama was a terror in other waters. Captain Coxeter, of the Jefferson Davis, after the wreck of his vessel, went into the blockade-running service and commanded the steamers Autonica and Beauregard. In his last trip to Charleston, in command of the Beauregard, he was fired at fifteen times by the Federal blockaders. He was very successful in the service, but, owing to ill-health, was compelled to resign.
Savannah (Georgia, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.15
amidships. Starting out upon a privateering expedition in 1861, she was in command of Captain Lewis M. Coxeter, who will be remembered by the older citizens of Savannah as the commander of steam-packets plying between Charleston, Savannah and Jacksonville. Soon after leaving Charleston the Davis reaped a rich harvest in captuSavannah and Jacksonville. Soon after leaving Charleston the Davis reaped a rich harvest in capturing Federal vessels with an estimated value of over $225,000. When the Davis captured the John Welsh, off Hatteras, Captain Coxeter, after the work of transferring the stores had been completed, mustered all hands aft, and said to them: Boys, if you molest the crew of that brig or their things to the value of a rope yarn, I wrdered to put in at the nearest Southern port. On the same day the schooner Enchantress, from Boston, was captured off Montauk, and placed in charge of a former Savannah pilot, Wallace Smith. She was ordered South. On the following Sunday the Jefferson Davis captured the schooner S. J. Waring, of Brookhaven, L. I., with a va
William H. Crawford (search for this): chapter 1.15
ship was useless to them, and not desiring to destroy life and property as a ruthless conqueror, Captain Coxeter placed his prisoners aboard and allowed the Mary Goodell to go free. The havoc made by the Jefferson Davis on the Atlantic coast, the privateer having captured prizes which amounted to over $200,000, caused the greatest consternation and excitement in Northern ports. Immediately upon learning of her career, the government at Washington ordered a fleet composed of the Jackson, Crawford and Varina, in command of Captain Howard, to search for the Davis and destroy her, and it is a fact that the Davis turned the tables in capturing the ship Crawfordand burning her, after having taken aboard the crew of twenty-two persons. The career of the Davis was ended off the coast of Florida on August 16, when, as the ship was making an effort to sail into the port of St. Augustine, she struck. A small boat was sent ashore for help and the prisoners were landed, and the Confederate
Jefferson Davis (search for this): chapter 1.15
Jefferson Davis, privateer. [from the Savannah News, December 1, 1908.] Thrilling story ofsonville. Soon after leaving Charleston the Davis reaped a rich harvest in capturing Federal ves an estimated value of over $225,000. When the Davis captured the John Welsh, off Hatteras, Captaindered South. On the following Sunday the Jefferson Davis captured the schooner S. J. Waring, of retained their crews as prisoners of war, the Davis, on July 9, took the ship Mary Goodell, bound n command of Captain Howard, to search for the Davis and destroy her, and it is a fact that the DavDavis turned the tables in capturing the ship Crawfordand burning her, after having taken aboard the ew of twenty-two persons. The career of the Davis was ended off the coast of Florida on August 1ace Smith, and three others of the crew of the Davis, who were captured by the Federals, were conviin other waters. Captain Coxeter, of the Jefferson Davis, after the wreck of his vessel, went into[5 more...]
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