Lot of 5, featuring quarter plate tintype of a side-wheel steamship identified as the Augusta. Large crowds of people are gathered on the two levels of the steamship, looking towards the camera. The American flag can be seen flying at one end of the ship. Housed in half case. Accompanied by 4 spoons, each engraved Augusta on the handle, and marked Sunderlin & Weaver on reverse. The second USS Augusta was a side-wheel steamer in the US Navy during the Civil War. William H. Webb designed and constructed her in 1853 at New York City and she operated out of that port carrying passengers and freight for the New York and Savannah Steam Navigation Company. She was named for the city of Augusta, GA. Early in the Civil War, the Federal Government purchased the Augusta at New York on August 1, 1861 and fitted her for naval service. She was commissioned at the New York Navy Yard on September 28, 1861, and placed under Enoch Greenleafe Parrott's command. She began her service in the task force to capture a naval base on the Confederacy's Atlantic coast and participated in many blockades. She survived a hurricane and engaged in battle at Fort Walker on Hilton Head. She captured the Island Belle and Planter. The Planter, however was not a war prize. Her pilot, a slave named Robert Smalls, quietly slipped out to sea with his family and a few friends while the captain was ashore. After reaching Union waters, Smalls hoisted the white flag from the stolen ship and surrendered the vessel to the Union; earning his freedom and the freedom of several more slaves. The Augusta was damaged several times during the war, but was repaired and recommissioned because of her famed sea-worthiness. The army decommissioned her in January 1865, but recommissioned her the next year for another term of service. The Navy sold her and, in 1872, she was re-documented as the Magnolia, but was lost during a storm five years later. AUCTIONEER'S NOTE: The quarter plate tintype likely does not depict the USS Augusta that was used by the US Navy during the Civil War. It is more than likely a steamer dating from the 1870s. Condition: Tintype housed in half case. With few scratches/nicks in the plate, including three imperfections in sky area, plus one at lower right in the water. Spoons showing some tarnish.
Lot of 5, featuring quarter plate tintype of a side-wheel steamship identified as the Augusta. Large crowds of people are gathered on the two levels of the steamship, looking towards the camera. The American flag can be seen flying at one end of the ship. Housed in half case. Accompanied by 4 spoons, each engraved Augusta on the handle, and marked Sunderlin & Weaver on reverse. The second USS Augusta was a side-wheel steamer in the US Navy during the Civil War. William H. Webb designed and constructed her in 1853 at New York City and she operated out of that port carrying passengers and freight for the New York and Savannah Steam Navigation Company. She was named for the city of Augusta, GA. Early in the Civil War, the Federal Government purchased the Augusta at New York on August 1, 1861 and fitted her for naval service. She was commissioned at the New York Navy Yard on September 28, 1861, and placed under Enoch Greenleafe Parrott's command. She began her service in the task force to capture a naval base on the Confederacy's Atlantic coast and participated in many blockades. She survived a hurricane and engaged in battle at Fort Walker on Hilton Head. She captured the Island Belle and Planter. The Planter, however was not a war prize. Her pilot, a slave named Robert Smalls, quietly slipped out to sea with his family and a few friends while the captain was ashore. After reaching Union waters, Smalls hoisted the white flag from the stolen ship and surrendered the vessel to the Union; earning his freedom and the freedom of several more slaves. The Augusta was damaged several times during the war, but was repaired and recommissioned because of her famed sea-worthiness. The army decommissioned her in January 1865, but recommissioned her the next year for another term of service. The Navy sold her and, in 1872, she was re-documented as the Magnolia, but was lost during a storm five years later. AUCTIONEER'S NOTE: The quarter plate tintype likely does not depict the USS Augusta that was used by the US Navy during the Civil War. It is more than likely a steamer dating from the 1870s. Condition: Tintype housed in half case. With few scratches/nicks in the plate, including three imperfections in sky area, plus one at lower right in the water. Spoons showing some tarnish.
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