Franklin Buchanan Confederate States Navy officer collection 1861-1873.

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Franklin Buchanan Confederate States Navy officer collection 1861-1873.

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Collection relating to Frank Buchanan's service in the Confederate States of America Navy. Includes two studio photographs of Buchanan, one showing his naval uniform, the other his civilian attire. Also contains a Confederate States of America Navy Dept. invoice with Buchanan's signature and the navy's 1862 book, Naval ordnance and ordnance stores.

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Confederate States of America. Navy

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Built in Philadelphia as the Habana, the CSS Sumter was originally used as a blockade runner in New Orleans. In 1861, she was purchased for use by the Confederate Government. Under the command of Raphael Semmes, she captured a number of Union flag merchant ships off the coasts of Cuba and South America, as well as other locations in the western hemisphere. When her boilers became unfit for use and repairs and supplies could not be obtained, she was sold at public auction at Gibraltar on December...

Buchanan, Franklin, 1800-1874

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U.S. naval officer. From the description of Letters, 1845-1860. (Hagley Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 123466564 Franklin Buchanan (1800-1874) of Maryland was a United States Navy officer and later admiral in the Confederate States Navy. From the guide to the Franklin Buchanan Books, ., 1829-1834 and 1862-1863, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) Franklin Buchanan of Maryland was a U.S. Navy...