Blockade Runner Capture

[USS ALASKA]

Blockade Runner 'X' is captured. She is sent into port for judgement. If found to be in violation, the ship and the cargo are auctioned off. The crew, especially any 'local' pilots, are jailed - at least for awhile.

What was done with any Pax that happened to be on the captured vessel?

Thanks for the help,
USS ALASKA

 

[AndyHall]

Great question. AFAIK they would be released quickly once their identities as civilians was affirmed. By mid-war, though, almost everyone on blockade-running ships had some sort of formal status -- Confederate agents, military officers going and returning from overseas, and so on. It would be more complicated for them.

Bears looking into in more detail.

 

[Story]

I recollect reading first person accounts (from the guy who got arrested) that blockade ships' officers had albums of carte de visite, in order to scoop up ship's captains and pilots masquerading as innocent citizens.

 

[Republican Blues]

I recollect reading first person accounts (from the guy who got arrested) that blockade ships' officers had albums of carte de visite, in order to scoop up ship's captains and pilots masquerading as innocent citizens.

Wlm. Watson talks about just that in his Advenutres of a Blockade Runner..

 

[Republican Blues]

This may be of some interest
https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/70/514/

 

[AndyHall]

Wlm. Watson talks about just that in his Advenutres of a Blockade Runner..

The CDVs were originally compiled by Dave McCluskey for his own, personal collection, but fell into the hands of the Yankees when his schooner Sting Ray was captured off the mouth of the Brazos River in April 1864. He was able to recapture the schooner by overwhelming the boarding party, but (apparently) the CDV album was in a chest that had already been put in the boat from USS Kineo, and so was not recovered by Captain Dave.

 

[Republican Blues]

The CDVs were originally compiled by Dave McCluskey for his own, personal collection, but fell into the hands of the Yankees when his schooner Sting Ray was captured off the mouth of the Brazos River in April 1864. He was able to recapture the schooner by overwhelming the boarding party, but (apparently) the CDV album was in a chest that had already been put in the boat from USS Kineo, and so was not recovered by Captain Dave.

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Captain Dave...Now there was heck of a man

 

[AndyHall]

Captain Dave...Now there was heck of a man

He's a neighbor of mine.

 

[Republican Blues]

He's a neighbor of mine.

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Now thats pretty cool! Captain Dave sure had some sand!!

 

[Mike Serpa]

First time I've heard of 'pax. the than 'peace.' Looked it up. Learnt something new.

He's a neighbor of mine.

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I'm not planning on moving near you anytime soon!