Photo #: NH 58895
"Schooner 'S.J. Waring', Recaptured from the Pirates by
the Negro Wm. Tillman."
Line engraving published in "Harper's Weekly", 3 August
1861.
The civilian schooner S.J. Waring was captured by the
Confederate privateer Jefferson Davis in the Atlantic
off Sandy Hook, New Jersey, on 6 July 1861. On 16 July, William
Tilghman, the cook in her original crew, overwhelmed and killed
her Confederate prize crew with an ax, recapturing the vessel.
He brought her into New York on 22 July 1861.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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