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THE CAPTURE OF THE FLORIDA: The British Press Excited Over the Matter; A Brazilian Report of the Affair (11/14/1864)
New York Times - Times Machine ^ | 11/14/1864
Posted on 11/14/2024 7:14:34 AM PST by Homer_J_Simpson
The British press, it appears, is considerably excited over the capture of the Florida in Bahia Bay.
The Index, the Confederate organ in London, gives the following relative to the capture:
The Confederate authorities in London have received a telegraphic dispatch, dated Lisbon, from Capt. MORRIS, commander of the Florida, stating that she was captured on the 7th of October by the Federal steamer Wachusett, in the harbor of Bahla, Brazil.
At the time of the capture the Florida was lying under the guns of the Brazilian forts and the Brazilian fleet, and Capt. MORRIS was on shore. He is now on board the steamer Magdalena bound for Southampton.
The London Morning Herald editorially denounces the capture of the Florida in the most indignant terms.
The London Times says: "The capture of the Confederate steamer Florida in the harbor of a friendly State was an act of simple piracy. When within a neutral port she should have been perfectly safe from molestation."
The London Herald says that if the Washington Government does not release the Florida, all the maritime Powers will have the right to interfere in the matter.
The following version of the capture is from a Brazilian journal:
"At 6 A.M., on the 6th of October, the steamer Florida, of the Confederate States of North America, arrived at Bahia from Santa Cruz and Teneriffe, in sixty-one days. She came into this port to take coal and provisions. In the night-time the United States steamer Wachusett was outside the harbor, watching the Florida, and she came in and made preparations to capture her. In the morning the Wachusett came near the Florida, and there being no resistance, an officer was sent on board, who commanded the crew of the Florida to surrender.
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TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: civilwar
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