2025-07 Raynors Historical Collectible Auctions
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 7/26/2025
Taylor and Huntington stereoview of the 1862 photo taken during the Peninsula Campaign by James Gibson on damage to the Confederate blockade runner Teaser. Taylor & Huntington # 483, "Effect of Yankee Shell on the 'Teazer'. Superb condition. Great stereo effect. The "Teaser" was built at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was purchased by the State of Virginia in 1861, and she was assigned to the naval forces in the James River, Va., with Lieutenant James Henry Rochelle, of the Virginia State Navy, in command. Upon the secession of Virginia from the Union, the "Teaser" became known as the "CSS Teaser" and was a part of the Confederate States Navy, and continued to operate in Virginia waters. With Lieutenant William A. Webb, C.S. Navy, in command, she took an active part in the Battle of Hampton Roads, Va., on March 8-9, 1862, acting as tender to the "CSS Virginia," commonly known as the "Merrimac." She received the thanks of the "Congress of the Confederate States of America" for this action.
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