OF THE

CONFEDERATE STATES NAVY

FROM ITS ORGANIZATION

TO THE SURRENDER OF ITS LAST VESSEL.

ITS STUPENDOUS STRUGGLE WITH THE GREAT NAVY OF THE
UNITED STATES; THE ENGAGEMENTS FOUGHT IN THE RIVERS
AND HARBORS OF THE SOUTH, AND UPON THE HIGH SEAS;
BLOCKADE - RUNNING, FIRST USE OF IRON-CLADS

AND TORPEDOES, AND PRIVATEER HISTORY.

BY

J. THOMAS SCHARF, A. M., LL.D.

AN OFFICER OF THE LATE CONFEDERATE STATES NAVY,

History

Author of "Chronicles of Baltimore," "History of Maryland," "History of Baltimore,
of St. Louis," "History of Western Maryland," "History of Philadelphia," "History of
Westchester County, N. Y.," etc. Also, Member of Historical Societies of Virginia,
Georgia, South Carolina, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York, Wis-
consin, Minnesota, Philosophical Society of Ohio, etc., etc.

PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED.

NEW YORK:

ROGERS & SHERWOOD,

1887

ARMAV

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NEW ORLEANS, LA

Copyright, 1886.

BY J. THOMAS SCHARF, A. M., LL.D.

All Rights Reserved.

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THE OFFICERS OF THE NAVY OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES,

WHO, IMPELLED BY CONVICTIONS OF DUTY, RESIGNED THEIR COMMISSIONS IN THE NAVY OF THE
UNITED STATES, AND SACRIFICING AMBITION, PROMOTION AND THE COMFORTS OF AN HONORABLE
SERVICE, OBEYED THE ORDINANCES OF THE STATES OF WHICH THEY WERE CITIZENS,
AND WERE COMMISSIONED IN THE NAVY AND ARMY OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES;

AND TO THEIR COMRADES,

WHO FROM CIVIL LIFE BECAME OFFICERS IN THAT SERVICE; AS WELL AS

TO THE BRAVE SAILORS

WHO SHARED THE PERILS AND PRIVATIONS OF THAT NAVY,

THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED,

AS THE AUTHOR'S TRIBUTE TO CONSCIENTIOUS DUTY WELL PERFORMED, TO UNSURPASSED COURAGE
BRILLIANTLY DISPLAYED; TO PRIVATIONS UNCOMPLAININGLY BORNE, AND TO THEIR SPLENDID EX-
AMPLE OF CITIZENSHIP IN POVERTY SINCE THE TERMINATION OF THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES.
WHILE IT CAN ADD NOTHING TO THEIR HONORABLE RECORD, IT WILL PRESERVE THE STORY

OF A SERVICE WHICH IS SURPASSED BY THAT OF NO OTHER PEOPLE IN HONORA-
BLE ACTION, AND IN GLORIOUS ACHIEVEMENTS, WHICH INADEQUATE MEANS
RENDERED FRUITLESS, BUT WHICH DEFEAT CANNOT OBLITERATE.