48976-1 - (CONFEDERATE STEAMBOAT)

(CONFEDERATE STEAMBOAT)

$95.00
48976-1

[CONFEDERATE STEAMBOAT] D.S., the manifest of the steamer "James Woods", Captain James M. Lee from Nashville (1861). Legal folio manuscript waybill listing shippers, consignors, a description of goods being shipped and shipper's marks. Goods shipped include pork, cotton, and one cotton gin. A fine example. The "James Woods" was a sidewheel paddle steamer built in Jeffersonville, Indiana in 1860 with commercial service between Nashville and New Orleans. Late in 1861 the boat was purchased by Lt. I.N. Brown of the CS Navy for conversion and use as a gunboat. Plans for the conversion were interrupted by the approach of the Union forces at Nashville and the "James Woods" was destroyed by fire on Feb. 23, 1862. Very good.