2023-08 Raynors HCA Live
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John Taylor Wood (1830-1904) was an officer in the United States Navy and the Confederate Navy. He resigned from the U.S. Navy at the beginning of the American Civil War, and became a "leading Confederate naval hero" as a captain in the Confederate Navy. He was a lieutenant serving aboard CSS Virginia when it engaged USS Monitor in 1862,[2] one of the most famous naval battles in Civil War and U.S. Naval history. He was caught in 1865 in Georgia with Confederate President Jefferson Davis' party, but escaped and made his way to Cuba. From there, he got to Halifax, Nova Scotia, where he settled and became a merchant. His wife and children joined him there, and more children were born in Canada, which is where he lived out the remainder of his life.Autograph Letter Signed "J(ohn) Taylor Wood" 1pp, on Confederate States of America Executive Department, Richmond, June 10th, 1863 to Mrs. G.N. Sanders. In large part, "I brought Mr. S. card and papers before the President this morning. He has directed the Sec. of the Navy to make a report on the subject. ..."..., plus VINTAGE 1979 Civil War Hardcover Confederate Naval Military History 1st Edition 1st Printing In Dust Jacket. "John Taylor Wood Sea Ghost Of The Confederacy" by Royce Shingleton. HARDCOVER 1979 University Of Georgia Press 1st Edition 1st Printing with "Copyright 1979" & no additional printings on copyright page. Exactly as shown in listing scan(s). Nice Collectible 1st Edition 1st Printing hardcover copy IN DUST JACKET.
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