2023-03 HCA Auctions
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 4/7/2023
A nice clean CDV, no backmark, showing seated Commodore. ... plus, Signed card, "Captain John Newland Maffitt, Comg C.S. Steamer Florida, Ocean. In May 1861, with the coming of the U.S. Civil War , Maffitt resigned his U.S. Navy commission and became a First Lieutenant in the Confederate States Navy. He served as a naval aide to general Robert E. Lee while preparations for the defense of Savannah were in progress. In early 1862, Maffitt was ordered to the civilian steamer Cecile to run the blockade with supplies for the Confederacy. On August 17, 1862, he became the first commanding officer of the cruiser CSS Florida.
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