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NH 58895 "Schooner 'S.J. Waring', Recaptured from the Pirates by the Negro Wm. Tillman."

Photo #: NH 58895 "Schooner 'S.J. Waring', Recaptured from the Pirates by the Negro Wm. Tillman."
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Title: "Schooner 'S.J. Waring', Recaptured from the Pirates by the Negro Wm. Tillman."
Description: Photo #: NH 58895 Schooner 'S.J. Waring', Recaptured from the Pirates by the Negro Wm. Tillman. Line engraving published in Harper's Weekly, 3 August 1861. The civilian schooner S.J. Waring was captured by the Confederate privateer Jefferson Davis in the Atlantic off Sandy Hook, New Jersey, on 6 July 1861. On 16 July, William Tilghman, the cook in her original crew, overwhelmed and killed her Confederate prize crew with an ax, recapturing the vessel. He brought her into New York on 22 July 1861. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 58895
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