Confederate Seadog: John Taylor Wood in War and ExileMcFarland, 11.11.2002 г. - 190 страници John Taylor Wood, the grandson of President Zachary Taylor and a nephew of Jefferson Davis, was one of the most daring and remarkable participants of the Civil War and among the few people to hold dual rank in the Confederate military as a captain in the Confederate States Navy (CSN) and a colonel in the cavalry. Wood was widely known for his wartime activities, but at the time of his death in 1904, he had been largely forgotten. This work combines a thorough biography of John Taylor Wood and three of his memoirs that were published in Century magazine between 1885 and 1898. The biography gives special attention to Wood's childhood and youth, such as his harrowing experiences in Florida during the Seminole Wars, his service in the United States Navy during and after the Mexican War, his experiences in California during the Gold Rush and his leading role among the members of the little-known postwar Confederate naval colony in Halifax, Nova Scotia, organized to fight the Fenian forces for the British in 1866. His writings about the war and other literary activities, and his friendship with William Hall, the first African American to win the Victoria Cross are covered. The memoirs in this book cover his service on the CSS Virginia, the cruise of the CSS Tallahassee (of which he was the commander), and his gutsy escape from the South as the Confederacy collapsed. |
Съдържание
Acknowledgments vii | 1 |
PART | 7 |
3 United States Navy 18471861 | 16 |
4 Confederate States Navy 18611865 | 22 |
5 Escape to Cuba 1865 | 41 |
6 Exile in Halifax Nova Scotia 18651904 | 53 |
7A Rebels Legacy | 66 |
9 The Tallahassees Dash into New York Waters | 96 |
The Capture of the USS Underwriter | 139 |
United States Vessels Captured by the CSS Tallahassee | 147 |
A Song for the Forecastle | 149 |
An Annotated Checklist of the Published and Unpublished Writings of John Taylor Wood | 151 |
Notes | 155 |
Annotated Bibliography | 167 |
173 | |
10 Escape of the Confederate Secretary of War | 114 |
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