Raynors HCA 2015-11
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/3/2015
Rare Confederate Parole, 8” x 3-3/4’, issued by the “C.S. Steamer” Olustee, November 3, 1864 to W.H. Chase who agrees “in consideration of being released as prisoner of war on parole ... not to serve by land or water or take up arms against the Confederate States of America ...” issued under the authority and signed by Commander W. H. Ward.The Olustee ran through the blockade off Wilmington again on October 29, 1864 but suffered some damage from Federal guns. She captured and destroyed six ships off the Cape of Delaware before having to return for coal. She stopped attempts by USS Sassacus to capture her on November 6, 1864 and by four other United States ships on November 7, 1864 finally passing into the safety of Wilmington harbor.
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