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CIVIL WAR]. MALLORY, Stephen R. (1813-1873), Confederate Secretary of the Navy . Letter signed ("S R Mallory") as Confederate Secretary of the Navy, to Jonathan Taylor Wood, Richmond, 23 July 1864. 3½ pages, 4to, Confederate States of America Navy De...

Auction 24.05.2002
24.05.2002
Schätzpreis
2.500 $ - 3.500 $
Zuschlagspreis:
2.629 $
Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 24

CIVIL WAR]. MALLORY, Stephen R. (1813-1873), Confederate Secretary of the Navy . Letter signed ("S R Mallory") as Confederate Secretary of the Navy, to Jonathan Taylor Wood, Richmond, 23 July 1864. 3½ pages, 4to, Confederate States of America Navy De...

Auction 24.05.2002
24.05.2002
Schätzpreis
2.500 $ - 3.500 $
Zuschlagspreis:
2.629 $
Beschreibung:

CIVIL WAR]. MALLORY, Stephen R. (1813-1873), Confederate Secretary of the Navy . Letter signed ("S R Mallory") as Confederate Secretary of the Navy, to Jonathan Taylor Wood, Richmond, 23 July 1864. 3½ pages, 4to, Confederate States of America Navy Department lined blue stationery, minor fraying along right edge of page 1, otherwise in fine condition. DIRECTING OPERATIONS OF THE FEARED CONFEDERATE RAIDER 'TALLAHASSEE' An important letter by which the Confederate Secretary of the Navy commissions Wood to command the newly named steamer Tallahassee and directs his operations for raiding the commerce of the United States. The Confederate Navy was severely outnumbered by its Union counterpart and raiding became an important alternative to direct naval combat. Mallory directs Wood to "Proceed to Wilmington N.C. and take command of the Confederate States Steamer 'Tallahassee' formerly Atlanta." He spells out Wood's mission: "The character and force of your vessel point to the enemy's commerce as her most appropriate field of action, and it is hoped that her speed and capacity for carrying fuel will enable her to pay proper attention to the shores of New England and its fisheries." Mallory is careful to inform Wood of the specifics of the operation. After permitting him to make any captured vessel a part of the Confederate Navy, he makes him aware of diplomatic concerns: "The strictest regard for the rights of neutrals must be observed and...you will endeavor to cultivate friendly relations with their naval and other authorities, and to present the character of our struggle in its true light." He informs Wood that "All persons captured and not retained as prisoners, you will parole," and apprises him of the need for safe harbors: "You will secure as many good pilots as practicable...for the Bahama Banks, the Coast of Cuba, and the West Indies and the New England Coasts." He authorizes him to call upon Confederate agents for anything he needs: "You are furnished with authority to draw upon the Department Agent in England for the necessary expenses of your cruise." He also advises Wood to retain whatever seized goods the Confederacy might need: "the medecine chests of captured and destroyed vessels and all drugs and medicines as well as their nautical instruments and charts, should be preserved." Finally, he counsels Wood that he must take care: "You will not lose sight of the certainty that, upon learning the character and presence of your ship, the enemy will send his light, fast vessels in pursuit of you; and hence the importance of conducting your operations at any given point with vigor and celerity, and of rapidly changing your cruising ground." The Tallahassee logged an incredible record during her raiding career, destroying or capturing more than 30 ships, including six that were sunk outside of New York Harbor in a period of six hours. She was one of the last Confederate ships to surrender after creating substantial panic among Yankee trading vessels: "C.S.S. Tallahassee! This name, in August, '64, flared on the horizon of war news in the manner of the Merrimack and the Arkansas and the Albemarle " (Jones, The Civil War at Sea , vol. 3, p. 263).

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 24
Auktion:
Datum:
24.05.2002
Auktionshaus:
Christie's
New York, Rockefeller Center
Beschreibung:

CIVIL WAR]. MALLORY, Stephen R. (1813-1873), Confederate Secretary of the Navy . Letter signed ("S R Mallory") as Confederate Secretary of the Navy, to Jonathan Taylor Wood, Richmond, 23 July 1864. 3½ pages, 4to, Confederate States of America Navy Department lined blue stationery, minor fraying along right edge of page 1, otherwise in fine condition. DIRECTING OPERATIONS OF THE FEARED CONFEDERATE RAIDER 'TALLAHASSEE' An important letter by which the Confederate Secretary of the Navy commissions Wood to command the newly named steamer Tallahassee and directs his operations for raiding the commerce of the United States. The Confederate Navy was severely outnumbered by its Union counterpart and raiding became an important alternative to direct naval combat. Mallory directs Wood to "Proceed to Wilmington N.C. and take command of the Confederate States Steamer 'Tallahassee' formerly Atlanta." He spells out Wood's mission: "The character and force of your vessel point to the enemy's commerce as her most appropriate field of action, and it is hoped that her speed and capacity for carrying fuel will enable her to pay proper attention to the shores of New England and its fisheries." Mallory is careful to inform Wood of the specifics of the operation. After permitting him to make any captured vessel a part of the Confederate Navy, he makes him aware of diplomatic concerns: "The strictest regard for the rights of neutrals must be observed and...you will endeavor to cultivate friendly relations with their naval and other authorities, and to present the character of our struggle in its true light." He informs Wood that "All persons captured and not retained as prisoners, you will parole," and apprises him of the need for safe harbors: "You will secure as many good pilots as practicable...for the Bahama Banks, the Coast of Cuba, and the West Indies and the New England Coasts." He authorizes him to call upon Confederate agents for anything he needs: "You are furnished with authority to draw upon the Department Agent in England for the necessary expenses of your cruise." He also advises Wood to retain whatever seized goods the Confederacy might need: "the medecine chests of captured and destroyed vessels and all drugs and medicines as well as their nautical instruments and charts, should be preserved." Finally, he counsels Wood that he must take care: "You will not lose sight of the certainty that, upon learning the character and presence of your ship, the enemy will send his light, fast vessels in pursuit of you; and hence the importance of conducting your operations at any given point with vigor and celerity, and of rapidly changing your cruising ground." The Tallahassee logged an incredible record during her raiding career, destroying or capturing more than 30 ships, including six that were sunk outside of New York Harbor in a period of six hours. She was one of the last Confederate ships to surrender after creating substantial panic among Yankee trading vessels: "C.S.S. Tallahassee! This name, in August, '64, flared on the horizon of war news in the manner of the Merrimack and the Arkansas and the Albemarle " (Jones, The Civil War at Sea , vol. 3, p. 263).

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 24
Auktion:
Datum:
24.05.2002
Auktionshaus:
Christie's
New York, Rockefeller Center
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