Charles K. Mallory letters, 1862-1866.

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Mallory, Charles K. (Charles King), 1844-1863. Charles K. Mallory letters, 1862-1866.

Charles K. Mallory letters, 1862-1866.

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This is a photocopied collection of letters pertaining to Confederate midshipman, Charles King Mallory. One letter commends Mallory's actions during the March 8th attack of the CSS Virginia on the USS Congress to his father. Two letters are from Mallory from aboard the CS floating battery Drewry while on the James River. The remaining letters are related to his service aboard the CSS Chattahoochee. The CSS Chattahoochee was a side wheeled gunboat with a complement of about 120 crew, officers and enlisted personnel. Her armament included four 32 pounder guns, one 32 pounder rifled gun and one 9 inch gun. She was built at Saffold, Georgia under the supervision of Confederate States Naval lieutenant Catesby Ap Roger Jones, who had served earlier that year aboard the CSS Virginia and commanded it when Captain Franklin Buchanan was wounded during her engagement with US Steam Battery Monitor. Jones was succeeded by Lieutenant John Julius Guthrie on February 4, 1863. Plagued by constant machine failure, the vessel was eventually sunk by the explosion of a boiler on May 27, 1863, near Blountstown, Florida, killing 18 men, among them Mallory. After the explosion and sinking of the vessel, many of her crew were sent to Georgia, to serve on the CSS Savannah. The last six letters in the collection are letters of condolence to the family on the death of their son.

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