1864 Antique Engravings - Civil War - Exchanged Prisoners - Guerilla Depradation

Description

Four original engravings on two pages relating to the Civil War, published in Harper's Weekly and entitled as follows:
"Guerrilla Depradations - Seizing Horses" - dated December 24, 1864
"Guerrilla Depradations -"Your Money or your Life!"
"Serving out rations to our exchanged prisoners on board the "New York" - dated December 10, 1864. Interesting associated text
"Sunday morning inspection on board the gun-boat "Metacomet" - see below
Good condition
- see scans
. Unrelated text to the reverse. Page size 11 x 16
inches
These are original antique prints and not reproductions . Great collectors item for the civil war historian - see more of these in Seller's Other Items which can be combined for mailing
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USS
Metacomet
(1863)
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For other ships with the same name, see
USS Metacomet
.
USS
Metacomet
History
Name:
USS
Metacomet
Builder:
Thomas Stack, Brooklyn, New York
Launched:
7 March 1863
Commissioned:
4 January 1864
Decommissioned:
18 August 1865
Fate:
Sold, 28 October 1865
General characteristics
Type:
Steam
gunboat
Displacement:
1,173 long tons (1,192 t)
Length:
205 ft (62 m)
Beam:
35 ft (11 m)
Draft:
8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)
Propulsion:
Steam engine
Speed:
12.5
kn
(14.4 mph; 23.2 km/h)
Armament:
2 × 100-pounder guns, 2 × 24-pounder guns, 1 × 12-pounder gun, 4 × 9-pounder guns
The second
USS
Metacomet
was a wooden sidewheel steamer in the
United States Navy
during the
American Civil War
. The ship was named for
Metacomet
, a war chief of the
Wampanoag
Indians.
Metacomet
was launched on 7 March 1863 by Thomas Stack,
Brooklyn
, New York, and commissioned at
New York
on 4 January 1864 under the captaincy of
Commander
James E. Jouett.
Civil War
[
edit
]
Metacomet
joined the
West Gulf Blockading Squadron
in the blockade of
Mobile Bay
and captured British blockade runner
Donegal
on 6 June. On the 30th,
Glasgow
forced
blockade runner
Ivanhoe
ashore near
Fort Morgan
, whose guns protected the ship from destruction by the Union. Unsuccessful in efforts to destroy her by long-range fire from
Metacomet
and
Monongahela
,
Admiral
David Farragut
ordered a boat expedition to attempt the task. Under cover of darkness, boats from
Metacomet
and
Kennebec
slipped in close to shore and burned the steamer.
Metacomet
and 17 other ships entered Mobile Bay in a double column on 5 August 1864. In
the ensuing battle
Metacomet
and other Union ships captured
Confederate
ram
CSS
Tennessee
, a major threat to the blockaders at Mobile. Farragut's ships maintained a heavy fire on Fort Morgan and Confederate gunboats, capturing
CSS
Selma
.
Metacomet
then rescued survivors from Union
monitor
Tecumseh
, sunk by a Confederate torpedo. Six
Metacomet
sailors were awarded the
Medal of Honor
for helping rescue the crew of the
Tecumseh
: Seaman
James Avery
, Quarter Gunner
Charles Baker
, Ordinary Seaman
John C. Donnelly
, Captain of the Forecastle
John Harris
, Seaman
Henry Johnson
, and Landsman
Daniel Noble
. A further two sailors, Boatswain's Mate
Patrick Murphy
and Coxswain
Thomas Taylor
, were awarded the medal for their conduct during the battle.
[1]
After the battle, all Confederate and Union wounded were transferred to
Metacomet
, which was then allowed to leave for the U.S. Naval Hospital in Pensacola after passing Fort Morgan under a flag of truce.
[2]
After offloading the wounded,
Metacomet
steamed to the
Texas
coast and captured blockade runner
Susanna
off
Campechy Banks
on 28 November, and took
schooner
Sea Witch
and
sloop
Lilly
off
Galveston
on 31 December 1864 and 6 January 1865, respectively.
Mines, then called "torpedoes", remained a danger to shipping in waters near Mobile, so
Metacomet
returned there to drag the Bay and
Blakely Channel
from 9 March-12 April. Returning north after the end of the conflict,
Metacomet
decommissioned at
Philadelphia
on 18 August and was sold there to
John Roach & Sons
on 28 October.