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Lieutenant E. Maffitt Anderson, Confederate States Navy, (in service, 1861-1865)

Edwin Maffitt Anderson, a Georgian, entered the Confederate States Navy as a Master's Mate in October 1861 and was appointed a Midshipman in the following month. Following service on CSS Savannah, he was sent overseas. In August 1862, he joined CSS Alabama in the Azores as she was being placed into service as a warship. Midshipman Anderson remained in Alabama through her entire career as a commerce raider, and was wounded in the 19 June 1864 engagement with USS Kearsarge. After Alabama sank, he was rescued by the British yacht Deerhound and taken to England. On his way back to the Confederacy, he met the blockade runner CSS Owl and joined her as an Acting Master. Anderson was promoted to Lieutenant by the end of the Civil War, while still serving in Owl. After the conflict, he resided in Savannah.

This page features all our pictures of Lieutenant E. Maffitt Anderson, CSN.


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Photo #: NH 56035

Midshipman E. Maffitt Anderson, CSN


Halftoned image, printed in "Two Years on the Alabama", by Lieutenant Arthur Sinclair (2nd edition, 1896).
He served in CSS Alabama in 1862-64.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 86KB; 610 x 765 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 66640

Confederate States Navy Officers
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who served with Raphael Semmes

Line engraving by H.B. Hall, Jr., New York, featuring portraits of seven officers who served with Semmes in CSS Alabama and were present during her engagement with USS Kearsarge.
In center is Lieutenant Richard F. Armstrong.
The others are (clockwise from top):
Lieutenant Arthur Sinclair, IV (or Jr.);
Midshipman Eugene A. Maffitt;
Midshipman Edwin M. Anderson;
Master's Mate George T. Fulham;
First Lieutenant (later Captain) Becket K. Howell, Marine Corps; and
Acting Master Irvine S. Bulloch.
Howell and Armstrong also served with Semmes in CSS Sumter.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 151KB; 545 x 765 pixels

 


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22 July 2000