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style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Name</td><td><i>Tallahassee</i></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Builder</td><td><a href="/wiki/J_%26_W_Dudgeon" title="J & W Dudgeon">J & W Dudgeon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cubitt_Town" title="Cubitt Town">Cubitt Town</a>, <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Commissioned</td><td>July 20, 1864</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Renamed</td><td>CSS <i>Olustee</i></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Fate</td><td>Wrecked 21 July 1869</td></tr> <tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">General characteristics</th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Displacement</td><td>700 tons</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Length</td><td>220 ft (67 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Beam</td><td>24 ft (7.3 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Draft</td><td>14 ft (4.3 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Propulsion</td><td>2 – 100 h.p steam engines. 2 screws. Mast and sails</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Speed</td><td>15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Complement</td><td>120</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Armament</td><td>1 rifled 32 pounder forward, 1 rifled 100 pounder amidship, 1 heavy Parrot aft</td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>The <b>CSS <i>Tallahassee</i></b> was a twin-screw <a href="/wiki/Steamship" title="Steamship">steamer</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cruiser" title="Cruiser">cruiser</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Confederate_States_Navy" title="Confederate States Navy">Confederate States Navy</a>, purchased in 1864, and used for commerce raiding off the Atlantic coast. She later operated under the names <b>CSS <i>Olustee</i></b> and <b>CSS <i>Chameleon</i></b>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=CSS_Tallahassee&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The iron Confederate cruiser <i>Tallahassee</i> was named after the Confederate state capital of <a href="/wiki/Tallahassee,_Florida" title="Tallahassee, Florida">Tallahassee</a> in <a href="/wiki/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a> and was built on the <a href="/wiki/River_Thames" title="River Thames">River Thames</a> by <a href="/wiki/J_%26_W_Dudgeon" title="J & W Dudgeon">J & W Dudgeon</a> of <a href="/wiki/Cubitt_Town" title="Cubitt Town">Cubitt Town</a>, <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a> for <a href="/wiki/London,_Chatham_and_Dover_Railway" title="London, Chatham and Dover Railway">London, Chatham & Dover Rly. Co.</a> to the design of Capt. T. E. Symonds, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a>, ostensibly for the Chinese <a href="/wiki/Opium" title="Opium">opium</a> trade. She was previously the <a href="/wiki/Blockade_runners_of_the_American_Civil_War" title="Blockade runners of the American Civil War">blockade runner</a> <i>Atalanta</i> and made the <a href="/wiki/Dover" title="Dover">Dover</a>-<a href="/wiki/Calais" title="Calais">Calais</a> crossing in 77 minutes on an even keel. She had made several blockade runs between <a href="/wiki/Bermuda" title="Bermuda">Bermuda</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wilmington,_North_Carolina" title="Wilmington, North Carolina">Wilmington</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina" title="North Carolina">N.C.</a> before the Confederates bought her. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Taylor_Wood.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/John_Taylor_Wood.png/150px-John_Taylor_Wood.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="186" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/John_Taylor_Wood.png/225px-John_Taylor_Wood.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/John_Taylor_Wood.png/300px-John_Taylor_Wood.png 2x" data-file-width="540" data-file-height="670" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/John_Taylor_Wood" title="John Taylor Wood">John Taylor Wood</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:CSS_Tallahassee.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/CSS_Tallahassee.jpg/220px-CSS_Tallahassee.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="69" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/CSS_Tallahassee.jpg/330px-CSS_Tallahassee.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/CSS_Tallahassee.jpg/440px-CSS_Tallahassee.jpg 2x" data-file-width="623" data-file-height="195" /></a><figcaption>Confederate cruiser and blockade runner CSS <i>Tallahassee</i>.</figcaption></figure> <p>After the <i>Tallahassee</i> was commissioned and prepared for sea she was placed under Commander <a href="/wiki/John_Taylor_Wood" title="John Taylor Wood">John Taylor Wood</a>, CSN. Wood was a grandson of President <a href="/wiki/Zachary_Taylor" title="Zachary Taylor">Zachary Taylor</a> and a nephew of <a href="/wiki/Jefferson_Davis" title="Jefferson Davis">Jefferson Davis</a>, who at the time was President of the <a href="/wiki/Confederate_States_of_America" title="Confederate States of America">Confederate States of America</a>. The officers and crew were all volunteers from the Confederate gunboats on the <a href="/wiki/James_River_(Virginia)" class="mw-redirect" title="James River (Virginia)">James River</a> and North Carolina waters. </p><p>The <i>Tallahassee</i> went through the blockade on August 6, 1864 from her home port of <a href="/wiki/Wilmington,_North_Carolina" title="Wilmington, North Carolina">Wilmington</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina" title="North Carolina">North Carolina</a>. Her first day out, four cruisers chased the <i>Tallahassee</i> without incident. </p><p>She made a 19-day raid off the Atlantic coast as far north as <a href="/wiki/City_of_Halifax" class="mw-redirect" title="City of Halifax">Halifax, Nova Scotia</a>. The <i>Tallahassee</i> destroyed 26 vessels and captured 7 others that were bonded or released. Wood sailed the <i>Tallahassee</i> into <a href="/wiki/Halifax_Harbour" title="Halifax Harbour">Halifax Harbour</a> on August 18 to take on bunker <a href="/wiki/Coal" title="Coal">coal</a> and water. Neutrality laws limited her stay in Halifax to 24 hours. <i>Tallahassee</i> was granted an extra 12 hours to fix a broken mast but was only allowed to load enough coal to take her to the nearest Confederate port. Two Federal war ships, the <a href="/wiki/USS_Nansemond_(1862)" title="USS Nansemond (1862)">USS <i>Nansemond</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/USS_Huron_(1861)" title="USS Huron (1861)">USS <i>Huron</i></a>, were rumoured to be waiting for the <i>Tallahassee</i> at the harbour entrance. Wood hired legendary Halifax <a href="/wiki/Maritime_pilot" title="Maritime pilot">pilot</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=John_%22Jock%22_Flemming&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John "Jock" Flemming (page does not exist)">John "Jock" Flemming</a>, who guided the warship through the narrow and shallow <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Passage" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Passage">Eastern Passage</a> between <a href="/wiki/Dartmouth,_Nova_Scotia" title="Dartmouth, Nova Scotia">Dartmouth</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lawlor_Island" title="Lawlor Island">Lawlor Island</a>, a route only suited for small fishing vessels. <i>Tallahassee</i> succeeded in negotiating the passage out of the harbour, although no Northern warships were in fact waiting. The first Northern warship, the gunboat <a href="/wiki/USS_Pontoosuc" title="USS Pontoosuc">USS <i>Pontoosuc</i></a>, arrived at the harbour entrance several hours after the Confederate cruiser departed.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Being unable to procure enough coal to continue, Wood was forced to return to Wilmington where he arrived safely on August 26. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output 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href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="sidebar sidebar-collapse nomobile nowraplinks"><tbody><tr><td class="sidebar-pretitle" style="font-size:95%;padding-bottom:.8em;padding-top:.3em;">Part of <a href="/wiki/Category:Military_history_of_Nova_Scotia" title="Category:Military history of Nova Scotia"><b>a series</b></a> on the</td></tr><tr><th class="sidebar-title-with-pretitle" style="font-size:135%;"><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_Nova_Scotia" title="Military history of Nova Scotia">Military history of Nova Scotia</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Citadel_hill.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Citadel_hill.jpg/250px-Citadel_hill.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Citadel_hill.jpg/375px-Citadel_hill.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Citadel_hill.jpg/500px-Citadel_hill.jpg 2x" data-file-width="897" data-file-height="504" /></a></span><div class="sidebar-caption"><a href="/wiki/Citadel_Hill_(Fort_George)" title="Citadel Hill (Fort George)">Citadel Hill</a> in <a href="/wiki/Halifax,_Nova_Scotia" title="Halifax, Nova Scotia">Halifax</a></div></td></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background-color:#eee;padding-left:.1em;;color: var(--color-base)">Notable events</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><table class="infobox" style="background-color: transparent; color: var( --color-base ); border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; width:100%; margin:0px; font-size:100%; clear:none; float:none"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Port_Royal_(1690)" title="Battle of Port Royal (1690)">Battle of Port Royal</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;">1690</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Port_Royal_(1710)" title="Siege of Port Royal (1710)">Siege of Port Royal</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;">1710</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Winnepang" title="Battle of Winnepang">Battle of Winnepang</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;">1722</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Northeast_Coast_Campaign_(1745)" class="mw-redirect" title="Northeast Coast Campaign (1745)">Northeast Coast Campaign</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;">1745</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Grand_Pr%C3%A9" title="Battle of Grand Pré">Battle of Grand Pré</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;">1747</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Raid_on_Dartmouth_(1751)" title="Raid on Dartmouth (1751)">Dartmouth Massacre</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;">1751</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Bay_of_Fundy_Campaign_(1755)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bay of Fundy Campaign (1755)">Bay of Fundy Campaign</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;">1755</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Louisbourg_(1758)" title="Siege of Louisbourg (1758)">Siege of Louisbourg</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;">1758</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Naval_Dockyard,_Halifax" title="Royal Naval Dockyard, Halifax">Royal Naval Dockyard, Halifax</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;">1758</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Halifax_Treaties" class="mw-redirect" title="Halifax Treaties">Halifax Treaties</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;">1760–1761</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Fort_Cumberland" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Fort Cumberland">Battle of Fort Cumberland</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;">1776</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Raid_on_Lunenburg,_Nova_Scotia_(1782)" title="Raid on Lunenburg, Nova Scotia (1782)">Raid on Lunenburg</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;">1782</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/New_Ireland_(Maine)#War_of_1812" title="New Ireland (Maine)">Establishment of New Ireland</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;">1812</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Capture_of_USS_Chesapeake" title="Capture of USS Chesapeake">Capture of USS <i>Chesapeake</i></a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;">1813</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Great_Redan" title="Battle of the Great Redan">‪Battle of the Great Redan</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;">1855</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Lucknow" title="Siege of Lucknow">‪Siege of Lucknow</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;">1857</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">CSS <i>Tallahassee</i> escape</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;">1861</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Halifax_Provisional_Battalion" title="Halifax Provisional Battalion">‪Halifax Provisional Battalion</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;">1885</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Witpoort" title="Battle of Witpoort">‪Battle of Witpoort</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;">1899</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Paardeberg" title="Battle of Paardeberg">‪Battle of Paardeberg</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;">1899</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Amherst_Internment_Camp" title="Amherst Internment Camp">Imprisonment of Leon Trotsky</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;">1917</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Fort_Edward_(Nova_Scotia)#World_War_I" title="Fort Edward (Nova Scotia)">Jewish Legion formed</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;">1917</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/HMHS_Llandovery_Castle" title="HMHS Llandovery Castle">Sinking of <i>Llandovery Castle</i></a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;">1918</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_St._Lawrence" title="Battle of the St. Lawrence">Battle of the St. Lawrence</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;">1942–1944</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/SS_Point_Pleasant_Park" title="SS Point Pleasant Park">Sinking of <i>Point Pleasant Park</i></a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;">1945</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Halifax_riot" title="Halifax riot">Halifax VE-Day riot</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;">1945</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background-color:#eee;padding-left:.1em;;color: var(--color-base)">Notable regiments</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><table class="infobox" style="background-color: transparent; color: var( --color-base ); border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; width:100%; margin:0px; font-size:100%; clear:none; float:none"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_the_Mi%E2%80%99kmaq_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Military history of the Mi’kmaq people">Mi'kmaq militias</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right">1677–1779</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_the_Acadians" title="Military history of the Acadians">Acadian militias</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right">1689–1761</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/40th_(the_2nd_Somersetshire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="40th (the 2nd Somersetshire) Regiment of Foot">40th Regiment of Foot</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right">1717–1757</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Louisbourg_Garrison" title="Louisbourg Garrison">Louisbourg Garrison</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right">1717–1758</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Gorham%27s_Rangers" title="Gorham's Rangers">Gorham's Rangers</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right">1744–1762</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Danks%27_Rangers" title="Danks' Rangers">Danks' Rangers</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right">1756–1762</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/84th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Royal_Highland_Emigrants)" title="84th Regiment of Foot (Royal Highland Emigrants)">84th Regiment of Foot</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right">1775–1784</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Fencible_American_Regiment" title="Royal Fencible American Regiment">Royal Fencible American</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right">1775–1783</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Nova_Scotia_Volunteer_Regiment" title="Royal Nova Scotia Volunteer Regiment">Royal Nova Scotia Volunteers</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right">1775–1783</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Orange_Rangers" title="King's Orange Rangers">King's Orange Rangers</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right">1776–1783</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/1st_(Halifax-Dartmouth)_Field_Artillery_Regiment" title="1st (Halifax-Dartmouth) Field Artillery Regiment">1st Field Artillery</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right">from 1791</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Nova_Scotia_Regiment" title="Royal Nova Scotia Regiment">Royal Nova Scotia</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right">1793–1802</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Nova_Scotia_Fencibles" title="Nova Scotia Fencibles">Nova Scotia Fencibles</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right">1803–1816</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/The_Halifax_Rifles_(RCAC)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Halifax Rifles (RCAC)">Halifax Rifles</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right">from 1860</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/The_Princess_Louise_Fusiliers" class="mw-redirect" title="The Princess Louise Fusiliers">Princess Louise Fusiliers</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right">from 1867</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/78th_(Highlanders)_Regiment_of_Foot#Halifax,_Nova_Scotia" title="78th (Highlanders) Regiment of Foot">78th Highland</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right">1869–1871</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Cape_Breton_Highlanders" title="Cape Breton Highlanders">Cape Breton Highlanders</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right">from 1871</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/25th_Battalion_(Nova_Scotia_Rifles),_CEF" title="25th Battalion (Nova Scotia Rifles), CEF">Nova Scotia Rifles</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right">1914–1919</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/No._2_Construction_Battalion" title="No. 2 Construction Battalion">No. 2 Construction Battalion</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right">1916–1919</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/West_Nova_Scotia_Regiment" title="West Nova Scotia Regiment">West Nova Scotia</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right">from 1916</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/The_Nova_Scotia_Highlanders" 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Boice</i> of Great Egg Harbor, N.J.; A.S. Adams, master; 381 tons. Her crew and their personal effects were brought on board, and she was <a href="/wiki/Scuttling" title="Scuttling">scuttled</a>. The <i>Boice</i> failed to sink, however, presumably because she was in ballast. She came ashore at Fire Island Inlet on Long Island, where she was salvaged and was reclaimed by her owners (after being ransacked by her "salvors", resulting in litigation) and was put back into service.</li> <li>The pilot-boat schooner <i><a href="/wiki/James_Funk" title="James Funk">James Funk</a></i>, No. 22 of <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York</a>; Robert Yates, master; 120 tons. Was turned into a tender of the <i>Tallahassee</i> using 20 of the <i>Tallahassee's</i> crew.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Barque" title="Barque">bark</a> <i>Bay State</i> of Boston; Thomas Sparrow, master; bound from Alexandria to New York, with wood; 199 tons; burned.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Brigantine" title="Brigantine">brigantine</a> <i>Carrie Estelle</i> of Grand Manan, New Brunswick; Mark Thurlow, master; bound from Grand Manan to New York, with logs; 248 tons; burned.</li> <li>The brigantine <i>A. Richards</i> of Boston; Charles Dunovant, master; from Glace Bay, Cape Breton Island to New York, with coal; 274 tons; burned.</li> <li>The schooner <i>Carroll</i> of East Machias, Maine; ____ Sprague, master; ___ tons; taken by the <i>Tallahassee's</i> tender <i>James Funk</i>; bonded in the sum of $10,000 and released.</li> <li>The pilot-boat schooner <i><a href="/wiki/William_Bell,_No._24" title="William Bell, No. 24">William Bell, No. 24</a></i> of New York; James Callahan, master; 123 tons; burned.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Packet_ship" class="mw-redirect" title="Packet ship">packet ship</a> <a href="/wiki/Adriatic_(ship,_1861)" title="Adriatic (ship, 1861)"><i>Adriatic</i></a> of New York, from <a href="/wiki/London,_England" class="mw-redirect" title="London, England">London, England</a> to New York, with emigrants; 989 tons; burned. During the seizure, the <i>Tallahassee</i> collided with her losing her main mast.</li> <li>The bark <i>Glenavon</i> of <a href="/wiki/Thomaston,_Maine" title="Thomaston, Maine">Thomaston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maine" title="Maine">Maine</a>; James Watt, master; from Greenock, Scotland, to New York; 789 tons; scuttled.</li> <li>The ship <i>James Littlefield</i> of <a href="/wiki/Bangor,_Maine" title="Bangor, Maine">Bangor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maine" title="Maine">Maine</a>; H.N. Bartlett, master; from Cardiff, Wales, to New York, with coal; 547 tons; scuttled.</li> <li>The schooner <i>Atlantic</i> of Addison, Maine; P.W. Look, master; from Addison to New York; 156 tons; burned.</li> <li>The schooner <i>Spokane</i> of Fremont, ?; C.H. Sayer, master; from Calais, Maine to New York, with lumber; 126 tons; burned.</li> <li>The schooner <i>Billow</i> of Salem, Mass.; M.A. Reed, master; from Calais, Maine to New York, with lumber; 173 tons; scuttled.</li> <li>The bark <i>Suilote</i>; (no other information given); bonded and released.</li> <li>The schooner <i>Robert E. Packer</i> of Bath, Maine; Joseph E. Marston, master; from Baltimore to Richmond, Maine, with lumber; 222 tons; burned.</li> <li>The schooner <i>Lamont Du Pont</i> of Wilmington, Del.; L. C. Corson, master; from Cow Bay. Cape Breton Island, to New York, with coal; 194 tons; burned.</li> <li>The bark <i>P.C. Alexander</i> of Harpswell, Maine; A.B. Merryman, master; from New York to Pictou, Nova Scotia in ballast; 283 tons; burned.</li> <li>The brig <i>Neva</i>, of East Machias, Maine; E.J. Tolbert, master; from Lingan, Nova Scotia, to New York, with coal; 286 tons; bonded in the sum of $17,500 and loaded with prisoners from the previous captures.</li> <li>The brig <i>Roan</i>, of ?; C.E. Phillips, master; sailing to Cape Breton Island in ballast; 127 tons; burned.</li> <li>14 small schooners ranging from 39 tons to 148 tons, sunk.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Renaming">Renaming</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=CSS_Tallahassee&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Renaming"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="CSS_Olustee">CSS <i>Olustee</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=CSS_Tallahassee&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: CSS Olustee"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <i>Tallahassee</i> was renamed CSS <i>Olustee</i> after the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Olustee" title="Battle of Olustee">Battle of Olustee</a> in northern Florida and placed under the command of Lt. W. H. Ward, CSN. The <i>Olustee</i> 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 <a href="/wiki/Delaware" title="Delaware">Delaware</a> before having to return for coal. She stopped attempts by <a href="/wiki/USS_Sassacus_(1862)" title="USS Sassacus (1862)">USS <i>Sassacus</i></a> 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. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="CSS_Chameleon">CSS <i>Chameleon</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=CSS_Tallahassee&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: CSS Chameleon"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <i>Olustee</i> was renamed the CSS <i>Chameleon</i> with Lt. <a href="/wiki/John_Wilkinson_(CSN)" title="John Wilkinson (CSN)">John Wilkinson (CSN)</a> commanding. The battery had been removed and she ran through the Union blockade on December 24, 1864 while the United States fleet was preoccupied with bombarding <a href="/wiki/Fort_Fisher" title="Fort Fisher">Fort Fisher</a>. The <i>Chameleon</i> proceeded to <a href="/wiki/Bermuda" title="Bermuda">Bermuda</a> to obtain provisions for the Confederate army. </p><p>Wilkinson made two attempts to enter one of the southern ports, but finding it impossible, he took <i>Chameleon</i> to Liverpool, England, and turned her over to Comdr. J. D. Bullock, CSN, financial agent of the Confederate Navy Department. </p><p>On her arrival in England on April 9, 1865 the <i>Chameleon</i> was seized and sold by the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_of_Great_Britain_and_Ireland" title="United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland">British</a> authorities and was about to enter the merchant service when the United States instituted suit for possession. She was awarded to the United States Government and handed over to the consul at Liverpool on April 26, 1866.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> <i>Chameleon</i> was sold at <a href="/wiki/Auction" title="Auction">auction</a> on orders from the consul on 14 June 1866. She sold for <a href="/wiki/Pound_sterling" title="Pound sterling">£6,400</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-BNL180666_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BNL180666-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 21 July 1869, <a href="/wiki/Telegram" class="mw-redirect" title="Telegram">telegrams</a> were received at New York stating that she had been wrecked near <a href="/wiki/Yokohama" title="Yokohama">Yokohama</a>, <a href="/wiki/Empire_of_Japan" title="Empire of Japan">Japan</a> with the loss of 22 lives.<sup id="cite_ref-MP220769_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MP220769-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=CSS_Tallahassee&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1958, a new school in <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Passage,_Nova_Scotia" title="Eastern Passage, Nova Scotia">Eastern Passage, Nova Scotia</a>, near Lawlor Island, was named after the <i>Tallahassee</i> to commemorate Flemming's 1864 navigational feat. After a replacement school with the same name was built in 1992, the name grew controversial due to the Confederacy's support of slavery. Following several community meetings, the Tallahassee Community School was renamed Horizon Elementary School in 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=CSS_Tallahassee&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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Nova Scotia">Halifax County</a> (1759–1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halifax_Regional_Municipality" class="mw-redirect" title="Halifax Regional Municipality">Halifax (amalgamated)</a> (1996–present)</li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:#eee; text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)">Events</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:left;"> <ul><li>1749: <a href="/wiki/Citadel_Hill_(Fort_George)" title="Citadel Hill (Fort George)">Citadel Hill built</a></li> <li>1750: <a href="/wiki/St._Paul%27s_Church_(Halifax)" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Paul's Church (Halifax)">St. Paul's Church</a> established</li> <li>1751: <a href="/wiki/Raid_on_Dartmouth_(1751)" title="Raid on Dartmouth (1751)">Dartmouth Massacre</a></li> <li>1758: <a href="/wiki/Royal_Naval_Dockyard,_Halifax" title="Royal Naval Dockyard, 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No. 33402. Belfast. 18 June 1866.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Belfast+News-Letter&rft.atitle=The+Tallahassee+and+Sumter+under+the+Hammer&rft.issue=33402&rft.date=1866-06-18&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACSS+Tallahassee" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-MP220769-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-MP220769_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1">"Wreck of a Steam-ship, and Loss of 22 Lives". <i>Morning Post</i>. No. 29834. 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class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">19 Jan:</span> <a href="/wiki/Unio_(sternwheeler)" title="Unio (sternwheeler)"><i>Unio</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">c. Jan:</span> <a href="/wiki/USS_Glide_(1863)" title="USS Glide (1863)"><i>Glide</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">13 Feb:</span> <a href="/wiki/Providence_(1790_ship)" title="Providence (1790 ship)"><i>Providence</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;"> 4 Mar:</span> <a href="/wiki/USS_Mohawk_(1858)" title="USS Mohawk (1858)"><i>Alliance</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;"> 6 Mar:</span> <a href="/wiki/Josiah_Johnson_(pilot_boat)" title="Josiah Johnson (pilot boat)"><i>Josiah Johnson</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;"> 9 Mar:</span> <a href="/wiki/Blue_Jacket_(clipper)" title="Blue Jacket (clipper)"><i>Blue Jacket</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">26 Mar:</span> <a href="/wiki/Mystery_(lugger)" title="Mystery (lugger)"><i>Mystery</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">11 May:</span> <a href="/wiki/Japanese_warship_Ch%C5%8Dy%C5%8D_Maru" title="Japanese warship Chōyō Maru"><i>Chōyō Maru</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">15 May:</span> <a href="/wiki/Cheduba_(1863)" title="Cheduba (1863)"><i>Cheduba</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">c. May:</span> <a href="/wiki/Japanese_warship_Banry%C5%AB" title="Japanese warship Banryū"><i>Banryū</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">c. May:</span> <a href="/wiki/Matoaka_(1853_ship)" title="Matoaka (1853 ship)"><i>Matoaka</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">c. 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T. Stewart (pilot boat)"><i>A. T. Stewart</i></a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">c. Dec:</span> <a href="/wiki/USS_Atlanta_(1861)" title="USS Atlanta (1861)"><i>Atlanta</i></a></span></li></ul> </div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other incidents</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0;text-align:left; padding:0 1em 0 1em;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 12em;"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;"> Jan:</span> <a href="/wiki/USS_Kansas_(1863)" title="USS Kansas (1863)">USS <i>Kansas</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;"> 2 Feb:</span> <a href="/wiki/General_McPherson_(ship)" title="General McPherson (ship)"><i>General McPherson</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">30 Mar:</span> <a href="/wiki/HMS_Charybdis_(1859)" title="HMS Charybdis (1859)">HMS <i>Charybdis</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;"> 5 Apr:</span> <a href="/wiki/HMS_Rapid_(1860)" title="HMS Rapid (1860)">HMS <i>Rapid</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">12 May:</span> <a href="/wiki/USS_Memphis_(1862)" title="USS Memphis (1862)"><i>Mississippi</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;">20 May:</span> <a href="/wiki/USS_Galatea_(1863)" title="USS Galatea (1863)"><i>Alexandre Pétion</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;"> 5 Jun:</span> <a href="/wiki/HMS_Cadmus_(1856)" title="HMS Cadmus (1856)">HMS <i>Cadmus</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; width:3.6em; text-align:right; font-weight:normal;"> Sep:</span> <a href="/wiki/SMS_Vulcano" title="SMS Vulcano">SMS <i>Vulcano</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block; 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