During the Civil War, Nelson Tift was a captain in the Confederate Navy's supply department. he also built gunboats for it and supplied the Army with beef and hardtack produced by his factories at Albany and nearby Palmyra in Lee County.
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From Register of Officers of the Confederate States Navy 1861-1865.
TIFT, NELSON
Born in Connecticut
Appointed from Georgia. Assistant paymaster to rank from October1, 1864.
Engaged with A.F. Tift, as agent of the C.S. government, in the construction of the C.S. steamers Mississippi, Atlanta, and other construction work, 1861-1864.
Paroled at Albany, Georgia, May 7, 1865.
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The A.F. Tift above was his brother Asa.
--Old B-Runner
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