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Thomas T. Craven (search for this): chapter 1.34
purpose of taking on coal. Whilst there, the Federal frigate, Niagara, under command of Captain T. T. Craven, and the Sacramento, a vessel of war of the United States navy, commanded by Captain Walkl was at Ferrol, the Federal war vessels, the Niagara and Sacramento, under command of Commodore Thomas T. Craven, put into the bay. Leaving ahead of the Stonewall, the two Federal boats cruised aboutponse. Several days later the Stonewall went into the harbor of Lisbon, and on emerging found Craven's vessels again. In view of his refusal to fight off Corunna, the presence of Commodore Craven Commodore Craven at Lisbon was regarded as purely accidental and unintentional. The enemy's boats were prepared for fight—port holes open and men at quarters. Captain Page ordered his vessel cleared for action, too.eping silent those of the enemy. Incidentally, Dr. Green told of the court martialing of Commodore Craven, referred to above by Mr. Newton. The Stonewall, shortly after the incident at Lisbon, s
Thomas Craven (search for this): chapter 1.34
e ship off, yet not willing to turn her out of port in an incomplete state. On the 10th of February, Page wrote that the United States frigate, Niagara, Captain Thomas Craven, had arrived, and a few days after the United States ship Sacramnto joined the Niagara, and both vessels anchored at Corunna, about nine miles distance, fret the fact of their conduct was such as I have stated to you Finding that they declined coming out, there was no course for me but to pursue my voyage. Captain Thomas Craven, who commanded the Niagara, was not the officer who is mentioned in another chapter as the commander of the United States ship Tuscarora, and who had a correspondence with the Governor of Gibraltar in respect to the Confederate ship Sumpter. Captain Thomas Craven was an elder brother of the latter named officer. His conduct in making so much parade of a purpose stopped the Stonewall, and the subsequent failure to accept her invitation to come out and engage her was a good deal c
Robert R. Carter (search for this): chapter 1.34
y her builders to the Confederate States Government. Captain Thomas Jefferson Page and Lieutenant R. R. Carter, of Shirley, Va., boarded this vessel, at Copenhagen and met the City of Richmond in Qurities to obtain possession of the vessel, which lay at Copenhagen. Captain Page and Lieutenant Robert R. Carter, a son of the late Hill Carter, of Shirley, who were in Europe, were directed to proc not resist much longer. Finally he determined to go to Paris for consultation, and he directed Carter meanwhile to push on with the repairs. While Page was absent, the Niagara and the Sacramento ran across the bay from Corunna and anchored at Ferrol. In a letter reporting the incident, Carter said: We, of course, got ready for accidents, and, in lighting fire, sparks flew from the funnel. with her colors flying in plain view of the two United States vessels which remained at anchor. Carter, in his letter, says: We could see the officers standing in the Niagara's top using spy-glasses.
W. N. Shirley (search for this): chapter 1.34
ssel to the Confederate States agent. However, the vessel was bought by Denmark, which country was then at war with Austria and Prussia. The Danes emerged from hostilities in a bankrupt condition, and the Stonewall, which had never been paid for, was thrown back on the hands of the French firm. A plan was conceived by the Confederate authorities to obtain possession of the vessel, which lay at Copenhagen. Captain Page and Lieutenant Robert R. Carter, a son of the late Hill Carter, of Shirley, who were in Europe, were directed to proceed to Copenhagen with the agent of the ship-builders, who was sent to take possession of the vessel. Technically the two Confederate officers were passengers when the Stonewall sailed from Copenhagen for France. The plans of the Confederates contemplated the juncture of another vessel, carrying a crew of fighters, with the Stonewall, off the west coast of France. The City of Richmond, a trading vessel, owned by the Crenshaws, of this city, was
W. H. Seward (search for this): chapter 1.34
ent was handed to him for perusal. He looked at him and said: Shall we make it $50,000? But I obeyed orders, and $16,000 was ordered to be paid. Upon the receipt of the money, Page paid off the crew to May 19, 1865, and delivered the Stonewall into the hands of the Captain-General of Cuba. In July, 1865, she was delivered to the government of the United States, and the conditions of the surrender are set out in the annexed correspondence between the Spanish Minister at Washington and Mr. Seward, the United States Secretary of State. She was subsequently sold by the United States to the government of Japan. Technical questions. It may be thought by those who are inclined to be severely critical that in the arrangements for despatching the City, of Richmond, some liberty was taken with the municipal law of England, and that there was some violation of her neutral territory. Scarcely anyone, however, will maintain that the shipment of arms by the steamer was illegal; and the
Thomas Nelson (search for this): chapter 1.34
ptain Craven, U. S. N., Court-Martialed for Cowardice. Died in Rome, Italy, October 26, 1899, Captain Thomas Jefferson Page, in the 92d year of his age. Captain, or as he was more familiarly known, Commodore Page, was born at Shelley, Gloucester county, and his boyhood was spent there. In 1827 he was appointed a cadet at the United States Naval Academy by President John Quincy Adams, in recognition of the services of his paternal and maternal grandfathers, Governor John Page and Thomas Nelson, Governor, of Yorktown, he being the son of Mann Page and Betsy Nelson. The United States Naval Academy was then a receiving ship stationed in the harbor of New York, and young Page was graduated with the honors of a class of forty-five members. He was then commissioned a midshipman, and made several notable cruises. One of these was on the old Dolphin to Asiatic waters. All of the officers and many of the crew were stricken down with fever, until Midshipman Page was the ranking of
W. W. Wilkinson (search for this): chapter 1.34
Captain Page refused, however, to take more than the sum he had named. Captain Page abandoned ship on May 20, 1865. Subsequently the vessel passed into the possession of the United States government, which sold her to the Japanese government. The Stonewall made the long journey to the Orient, but shortly afterwards foundered off the coast of Japan in a gale. Of the officers on the Stonewall, three are now living—Dr. Green and Mr. Virginius Newton, of this city, and the master, W. W. Wilkinson, whose home is at Charleston, S. C. Lieutenant Davidson's account. The meeting of the City of Richmond and the Stonewall at Quiberon, is thus told by Lieutenant Hunter Davidson, who had charge of the crew of the City of Richmond, in a letter dated February 6, 1865, and printed in The Secret Service of the Confederate States in Europe. I left Cherbourg 18th January, and carried out instructions on the way to Quiberon, where we found a snug anchorage on the 20th, and laid quietly
Frederick Page (search for this): chapter 1.34
s his service at sea, Commodore Page surveyed and made soundings for the old Fire Island Channel, New York harbor, and for some years was stationed at the Naval Observatory in Washington. A widow, a daughter (the Countess of Spinola), Professor Frederick Page, of Bryn Mawr, Pa., and Philip Page, of Buenos Ayres, South America, sons, survive him. He also has many relatives who reside in this State. The Page homestead at Shelley is now occupied by his grand-nephew, Richard Page. The death of Captain Page recalls to the minds of those who knew him many thrilling incidents in connection with his life. As Mr. Virginius Newton was one of the officers of the Stonewall, commanded by Captain Thomas Jefferson Page, a representative of The Times saw him yesterday evening. Mr. Newton gave the following account of the history of the Stonewall. In January, 1865, I was serving on board the Confederate frigate Rappahannock, lying in the harbor of Calias, France, detained by the French
Betsy Nelson (search for this): chapter 1.34
e, Italy, October 26, 1899, Captain Thomas Jefferson Page, in the 92d year of his age. Captain, or as he was more familiarly known, Commodore Page, was born at Shelley, Gloucester county, and his boyhood was spent there. In 1827 he was appointed a cadet at the United States Naval Academy by President John Quincy Adams, in recognition of the services of his paternal and maternal grandfathers, Governor John Page and Thomas Nelson, Governor, of Yorktown, he being the son of Mann Page and Betsy Nelson. The United States Naval Academy was then a receiving ship stationed in the harbor of New York, and young Page was graduated with the honors of a class of forty-five members. He was then commissioned a midshipman, and made several notable cruises. One of these was on the old Dolphin to Asiatic waters. All of the officers and many of the crew were stricken down with fever, until Midshipman Page was the ranking officer. He assumed command and brought the ship to a home port, and was
Stonewall (search for this): chapter 1.34
e await the arrival of the Stonewall. The Stonewall then proceeded to the harbor of Ferrol, in Sally sunk in a typhoon. After leaving the Stonewall, in April, 1865, in the harbor of Havana, I lk, and there, to my surprise, found the old Stonewall in dock, refitting for her subsequent voyage The meeting of the City of Richmond and the Stonewall at Quiberon, is thus told by Lieutenant Huntshould remain any longer in company with the Stonewall, he determined to part company, and signalles distance, from whence they could watch the Stonewall. Their presence, Page said, gave the Spanishested every purpose to follow and attack the Stonewall when she left Ferrol. The Niagara was a larlear of the Stonewall's dangerous beak. The Stonewall was protected by 43-inch armors, and mountedetached from the davits. In this trim the Stonewall steamed out of Ferrol on the morning of Marcofficer, and I mention the incident with the Stonewall as an historical fact, and without the sligh[41 more...]
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