Civil War Lecture: Commerce Raider CSS Florida
Time & Place
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The Mariners' Museum and Park
August 15, 2020, 2:30 p.m.
100 Museum Drive
Newport News, VA 23606 -
Phone: 757-596-2222
Highway Exit: 258A from I-64
Website: Click here to visit us online
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The Mariners' Museum and Park
Description
Presented by John V. Quarstein, director emeritus, USS Monitor Center
FREE with $1 Museum admission
One of the most successful Confederate commerce raiders, CSS Florida, attacked Northern merchant ships throughout the Atlantic Ocean. Lieutenant John Newland Maffitt captained the sloop of war until illness forced him to turn over command to Lt. Charles Morris. But the raider was captured by the USS Wachusetts in Bahia, Brazil. Later, Florida was sunk off Newport News Point, Virginia, on November 28, 1864.
The lecture will be held in a classroom in the Museum. Please confirm room location upon check in at Visitor Services. Reserving a seat is suggested as seating is limited.
URL for Civil War Lectures: https://www.marinersmuseum.org/lectures/