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C.S.S. Tallahassee,The iron Confederate Cruiser Tallahassee was named after the Confederate state capital of Tallahassee in Florida and was built on the River Thames by J. & W. Dudgeon of Millwall, London for London, Chatham & Dover Rly. Co.
to the design of Capt. T. E. Symonds, Royal Navy, ostensibly for the Chinese opium trade.
She was previously the blockade runner Ex "Atalanta" and made the Dover-Calais crossing in 77 minutes on an even keel.
She had made several blockade runs between Bermuda and Wilmington, N.C. before the Confederates bought her
Commander Wood, captured and scuttled many schooners
The Glenavon's voyage from Glasgow/Ardrossan to New York ended after being caught by the CCS Tallahasse.
Ships Log records the incident.
August 13th.--
It was scarcely daylight before two sail were reported, and in a few moments both were alongside.
One was an English vessel, which, of course, we could not touch; the other, the Barque Glenavon, of Thomaston, Maine, from Ardrossan to New York, with a cargo of Pig-Iron and Passengers.
The Glenavon was a fine, new barque, with splendid spars and double topsail yard.
The captain had his wife on board,--a brave, good woman,--and a female servant. There were two passengers in the cabin, an old sea captain and his wife, the latter a perfect termagant, and very offensive to all on board.
Her tongue was never idle, and her time about equally divided between abusing her husband, who bore it like a lamb, and distributing testaments and tracts among our men.
The art of making everybody disagreeable was carried to perfection with this horrible woman, and the scoldings she gave the poor captain who was tied to her apron string struck every one dumb with astonishment.
The last act of revenge on the poor man was just as she was leaving the side, when the old lady, in a fit of anger, tore off her new bonnet and threw it in the sea.
We got a quantity of mess stores from the Glenavon, a few luxuries, some hams, a coop of chickens, and two pigs.
After removing all things of immediate service to us, Lieutenant Ward had her scuttled, and she sank rapidly. Before we were out of sight she went down by the head, and sank forever beneath the ocean.
It seemed a pity to destroy such a noble craft, and I looked upon our work with sorrow
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