JUNE 22ND, 1865: Upon learning of the final collapse of the Confederacy, Master John C. Braine, CSN, took passage for Liverpool, England, from Kingston, Jamaica.
On several occasions during the war Braine had led naval parties in successful seizures of Federal merchantmen and quite likely would have been prosecuted for piracy had he been apprehended.
The schooner St. Mary's, which he seized in Chesapeake Bay and had sailed to Nassau, was abandoned in Kingston just prior to his booking passage for Liverpool. Previous to seizing the St. Mary's, he had seized the steamer Chesapeake off Cape Cod (7 December 1863) and the steamer Roanoke off Havana (29 September 1864) while leading Confederate naval parties masquerading as passengers.
This man would be a good topic for a book.
A Really Brainy Decision for Braine. --Old B-R'er
Showing posts with label St. Mary's. Show all posts
Showing posts with label St. Mary's. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 23, 2015
Sunday, April 19, 2015
Arrival of St. Mary's in Nassau
APRIL 22ND, 1865: Thpmas Kirkpatrick, U.S. Consul at Nassau, New Providence, reported to Rear Admiral Stribling of the East Coast Blockading Squadron that schooner St. Mary's had arrived at Nassau. The Baltimore schooner had been seized in the Chesapeake Bay in a daring raid on 31 March by ten Confederates led by Master John C. Braine, CSN.
Kirkpatrick pressed British authorities to seize the vessel and apprehend her crew for piracy. St. mary's was permitted to put to sea, however, after being judges a legitimate prize..
--Old B-Runner
Kirkpatrick pressed British authorities to seize the vessel and apprehend her crew for piracy. St. mary's was permitted to put to sea, however, after being judges a legitimate prize..
--Old B-Runner
Tuesday, March 31, 2015
Confederate Raiding Party Captures the St. Mary's in Chesapeake Bay, Md.
MARCH 31ST, 1865: The St. Mary's, 1 115-ton schooner out of St. Mary's, Maryland, loaded with an assorted cargo valued at $20,000, was boarded and captured off Patuxent River in Chesapeake Bay by a Confederate raiding party led by Master John C. Braine, CSN.
The disguised Southerners were in a yawl and had come alongside the schooner on the pretext that their craft was sinking. Braine too the St. Mary's to sea where they captured the New York bound schooner J.B. Spafford. The latter prize was released after the raiders had placed the St. Mary's crew on board her and had taken the crew members' personal effects.
The Confederates indicated to their captives that their intention was to take the St. Mary's to St. Marks, Florida, but they put into Nassau in April.
ALSO THIS DATE: The USS Iuka, captured British blockade running schooner Comus off the coast of Florida with a cargo of cotton.
----Old B-Runner
The disguised Southerners were in a yawl and had come alongside the schooner on the pretext that their craft was sinking. Braine too the St. Mary's to sea where they captured the New York bound schooner J.B. Spafford. The latter prize was released after the raiders had placed the St. Mary's crew on board her and had taken the crew members' personal effects.
The Confederates indicated to their captives that their intention was to take the St. Mary's to St. Marks, Florida, but they put into Nassau in April.
ALSO THIS DATE: The USS Iuka, captured British blockade running schooner Comus off the coast of Florida with a cargo of cotton.
----Old B-Runner
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
February 16th-23rd, 1864: Union Navy Opens Operations Against Mobile
FEBRUARY 16TH, 1864:
Union ships open fire on Fort Powell as Farragut begins his six-month campaign against Mobile.
FEBRUARY 16-23, 1864:
USS Para escorted troops up the St. Mary's River, in Florida.
FEBRUARY 17-19, 1864:
Boat expedition from USS Tahoma destroyed salt works and supply of salt near St. Marks, Florida.
--Old B-Runner
Union ships open fire on Fort Powell as Farragut begins his six-month campaign against Mobile.
FEBRUARY 16-23, 1864:
USS Para escorted troops up the St. Mary's River, in Florida.
FEBRUARY 17-19, 1864:
Boat expedition from USS Tahoma destroyed salt works and supply of salt near St. Marks, Florida.
--Old B-Runner
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