Diary, 32mo green morocco pocketbook, 3.5 x 5.25 in., 100pp, 68pp of which include dense inked text. First page inked Joseph S. Cony, USN. Earliest entry written upon his entry is commission as an ensign, Nov. 1, 1862, through the end of the war, with the last entries dated July 1865. Joseph Saville Cony (1834-1867), of Eastport, Maine, was appointed acting ensign in the US Navy in Nov. 1862 and initially assigned to the USS Western World from which he commanded successful small-boat operations off the Carolina coast. On August 22, 1863, while serving as executive officer of the USS Shokokon, he commanded a small-boat mission of just six men which surprised a Confederate force near Wilmington, NC, and destroyed blockade runner Alexander Copper and important salt works at New Topsail Inlet. Cony was promoted to Acting Master for the feat, which also included the capture of ten men, 18 horses, and a 12-pound howitzer. Cony participated in the first attack on Fort Fisher while aboard the USS Brittania and was attached to the USS Fort Jackson during the second assault, in which he volunteered for the naval assault party which helped take the fort. After the war, while serving as master of the merchant vessel City of Bath, Cony was offered a lieutenant’s commission in the regular navy, but he went down with his ship off Cape Hatteras before he could accept the appointment. Provenance: The M. Clifford (Cliff) and Lynne B. Young Confederate Blockade Runner Collection
Diary, 32mo green morocco pocketbook, 3.5 x 5.25 in., 100pp, 68pp of which include dense inked text. First page inked Joseph S. Cony, USN. Earliest entry written upon his entry is commission as an ensign, Nov. 1, 1862, through the end of the war, with the last entries dated July 1865. Joseph Saville Cony (1834-1867), of Eastport, Maine, was appointed acting ensign in the US Navy in Nov. 1862 and initially assigned to the USS Western World from which he commanded successful small-boat operations off the Carolina coast. On August 22, 1863, while serving as executive officer of the USS Shokokon, he commanded a small-boat mission of just six men which surprised a Confederate force near Wilmington, NC, and destroyed blockade runner Alexander Copper and important salt works at New Topsail Inlet. Cony was promoted to Acting Master for the feat, which also included the capture of ten men, 18 horses, and a 12-pound howitzer. Cony participated in the first attack on Fort Fisher while aboard the USS Brittania and was attached to the USS Fort Jackson during the second assault, in which he volunteered for the naval assault party which helped take the fort. After the war, while serving as master of the merchant vessel City of Bath, Cony was offered a lieutenant’s commission in the regular navy, but he went down with his ship off Cape Hatteras before he could accept the appointment. Provenance: The M. Clifford (Cliff) and Lynne B. Young Confederate Blockade Runner Collection
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