AUGUST 18TH, 1861: The Confederate privateer Jefferson Davis, Captain Coxetter, wrecked on the bar trying to enter St. Augustine, Florida, ending a most successful cruise.
The Charleston (S.C.) Mercury on 26 August 1861) said: "The name of the privateer Jefferson Davis has become a real word of terror to the Yankees. The number of her prizes and the amount of merchandise which she captured have no parallel since the days of the Saucy Jack [War of 1812 privateer]."
I have written a lot about the Saucy Jack in my Not So Forgotten: War of 1812 blog.
--Old B-Runner
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