Rattlesnake Confederate Steamship stock certificate, 1862

Summary

Creator:

Confederate States of America

Date:

1862

Extent:

1 folder(s)

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Rattlesnake Confederate Steamship stock certificate, ms725, Hargrett Rare Books and Manuscripts Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

A photocopy of single $1,000 share certificate for the Confederate Steamship Rattlesnake, dated November 17, 1862, made out to F. A. Brake and signed by T. Harrison Baker.

Biographical / historical:

Formally the C.S.S. Nashville, the Confederate ship was converted into a privateer and renamed the Rattlesnake. At the battle for Fort McAllister in Richmond Hill, GA, the ship was attacked by the U.S.S. Montauk in Feburary 1863, during which the Rattlesnake ran aground and eventually caught fire and sunk.

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Acquisition information:

Gift of Mrs. Pauline Mathewson in May 1971 via Clemens de Baillou and W.P.K.

Indexed terms

Names:

Rattlesnake (Ship)

Places:

Fort McAllister (Ga. : Fort) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Georgia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Naval operations.

Preferred citation:

Rattlesnake Confederate Steamship stock certificate, ms725, Hargrett Rare Books and Manuscripts Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.