List of vessels captured within the limits of the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron / Byron P. Drowne.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Drowne, Byron P., 1848-1933, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civil war.

Military history.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

1863 - 1865.

Summary:

Ledger book lists 42 ships captured from South Carolina to Florida from 1863-1865. 6 columns provide information on: prize (the name of the vessel), class, by whom captured, where captured, where sent, and miscellaneous remarks. Some entries note the captured cargo from the ship. Several are also marked "paid," probably referring to the prize money that was paid out for the captured ship. Book was kept by Drowne, a midshipman who worked under the paymaster of the squadron. Note by Drowne's descendent Lorna Drowne Moscrip in file says that Drowne joined the U.S. Navy in 1863 at the age of 15 with parental consent. He claimed he would run away from home if he was not given permission to join. He was a record-keeper and paymaster. In later life he settled in El Paso, Texas and transported gold shipments for Wells Fargo. He died at the age of 85 in Oakland, California. Excerpt: "...The steamer Amazon captured in the Savannah River March 2, 1865 - 84 Bales of Cotton, 11 Negro Slaves, cotton alleged to have been stolen from the Confederate Government, etc. and the schooner Coquette captured by the Dai Ching on the Combahee River, S.C., with 74 bales of cotton and six men, the Ocean Bird captured at St. Augustine, Fla., Oct. 1863 with 170 sacks of salt and liquors, etc....".

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages) and index.