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NH 59404 "The Attack on the Second Mate."

Photo #: NH 59404 "The Attack on the Second Mate."
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Title: "The Attack on the Second Mate."
Description: Photo #: NH 59404 The Attack on the Second Mate. Line engraving published in Harper's Weekly, 1861, depicting the recapture of the schooner S.J. Waring on 16 July 1861. S.J. Waring had been captured by the Confederate privateer Jefferson Davis in the Atlantic on 6 July 1861. Ten days later, her African-American cook, William Tilghman, overwhelmed and killed her Confederate prize crew with an ax. He brought her into New York on 22 July 1861. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 59404
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