Printed on paper                            Publisher S.J. Weisman, Southampton, England                       

Unframed 28" x 21"                       Framed 32" X 25" 

Hand Penned entries                                                   

 

 

Presented is an extremely rare, original print, of a brief abstract, referred to as an Epitome, of the U.S. Frigate NIAGARA on her cruise in European waters during the Civil War years 1864 and 1865. There she engaged in hostile actions against the Confederate States Ships that included the GEORGIA, SACRAMENTO and STONEWALL which escaped. The vessel's senior officer during this deployment was Thomas T. Craven, Commodore Commanding, and Lieutenant Commander George A. Bigelow.

 

The printed "Broadsheet" is replete with information covering in details the vessels construction, her armament, equipment, sails, and more importantly a detailed list of her officers and crew which make this a truly historic document. The sheet was printed in England before the cruise was complete and there are additional notations penned in ink of additional ports visited. The last official entry was the passage from Cadiz, Spain to Boston, MA which ended with the ship's arrival on September 20, 1865. This contradicts the numerous entries which shows the ship out of service in 1864.

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STEAM FRIGATE USS NIAGARA - 1865 ADDITIONAL PORTS VISTED of which this is the only record

Additional Ports added by pen	Departure Date	Destination Port	Date Arrived	Days in Port	Days at Sea	Dist. Logged
Queenstown, Ireland	June 26	Flushing, Holland,	June 30	30	4	353
Flushing, Holland	July 30	Deal, England	July 31	18 Hours	1	101
Deal, England	August  1	Dungeness, England	August 2	1	1	1067
Dungeness, England	August 3	Queenstown, Ireland	August 12	16 Hours	9	892
Queenstown, Ireland	August 13	Cadiz, Spain	August 24	40	11	1253
Cadiz, Spain	August 28	Boston, Mass	September 20	0	23	3400

 

 

CIVIL WAR HISTORY OF NIAGARA: Quickly prepared for duty to assist in the blockade of southern ports, Niagara arrived off Charleston, South Carolina, 10 May, 1861, and two days later captured blockade runner General Parkhill attempting to make Charleston from Liverpool. Through the summer she gave similar service at Mobile Bay, and was at Fort Pickens, Florida, 22 September when Flag Officer William McKean in Niagara took command of the East Gulf Blockading Squadron. She engaged Confederate defenses at Fort McRea, Pensacola, and Warrington 22 November, and was hulled twice above the waterline. On 5 June 1862 she sailed for repairs at Boston Navy Yard, where she decommissioned 16 June. Recommissioned 14 October 1863, Niagara steamed from New York 1 June 1864 to watch over Confederate warships then fitting out in Europe. She reached her base, Antwerp, 26 June, and from there roved the English Channel, the French Atlantic Coast and the Bay of Biscay. On 15 August she took steamer Georgia, a former Confederate warship, off Portugal. In February and March, with Sacramento she lay at El Ferrol, Spain, to prevent Confederate ironclad Stonewall from departing, but the much more powerful southern ship was able to make good her escape.  NIAGARA patrolled with the European Squadron through

 

 

 

U.S. NAVY STEAM FRIGATE NIAGARA: 

Laid down, date unknown, at New York Navy Yard

Launched, 23 February 1855

Commissioned USS Niagara, 6 April 1857, CAPT. William L. Hudson in command.

Participated in the laying of the first transatlantic telegraph cable, between 1857 and 1858

Decommissioned at New York, 2 December 1857, after laying several hundred miles of cable westward from Ireland

Recommissioned, 24 February 1858, CAPT. William L. Hudson in command

USS Niagara successfully completed laying the cable ashore at Brills Mouth Island

Niagara next carried 200 Africans liberated from the slave brig Echo off Cuba by the brig USS Dolphin

Decommissioning at New York, 17 December 1858

Recommissioned, 14 May 1860, CAPT. William W. McKean in command

Assigned to carry Japan’s first diplomatic mission to the United States from Washington to New York, and then home, leaving New York 30 June 1869 returning Boston 23 April 1861

During the Civil War USS Niagara was assigned to duty on the blockade of the southern ports at , Charleston, and at Mobile Bay

As flagship of Flag Officer McKean's East Gulf Blockading Squadron Niagara engaged Confederate defenses at Fort McRea, Pensacola, and Warrington 22 November 1861

Decommissioned, 16 June, 1862 at Boston for repairs

Recommissioned 14 October 1863, she steamed from New York 1 June 1864 to watch over Confederate warships then fitting out in Europe

Took steamer Georgia, a former Confederate warship in the Bay of Biscay, 15 August 1864

Niagara patrolled with the European Squadron through 29 August when she cleared Cadiz for Boston, arriving 20 September 1865. There she decommissioned 28 September, remaining in the Boston Navy Yard until sold 6 May 1885

 

This record from http://www.navsource.org/  (repeated elsewhere) is in conflict with the ship's own record of the 1864-1865 European Cruise.

 

USS Niagara at the Boston Navy Yard, 1863                Officers and Port and Starboard Watch Sections Various categories of information in the broadsheet - Arrival Boston, 20 September 1865        FLAT RATE INSURED SHIPPING to 48 contiguous States $20.00 OUR UNCONDITIONAL NO NONSENSE GUARANTEE: If not completely satisfied with your purchase it may be returned within five days of receipt in its original packaging if without damage. Return items must be insured for their full value. Only a prior email authorization from us for the return is required. Shipping charges are  included in this offer if an error is due to our fault. INTERNATIONAL BUYERS WELCOME, but inquire first. We have satisfied customers in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bermuda, Canada, Chile, China, Denmark, Democratic Republic of Congo, England, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Holland, Hong Kong, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Martinique, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Nova Scotia, Panama, Puerto Rico, Saudi Arabia, Scotland, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, USVI and the Eastern Caribbean. A extremely rare record of a U.S. Navy Civil War fighting ship of the 1860's.  ACCEPTED FORMS OF PAYMENT are Bank wire transfer, cashier's check, money order, or personal check in which case the item will be held until cleared. No checks from overseas buyers, no credit cards or PayPal accepted on this item.  Copyright 2010 by Land And Sea Collection™, All Rights Reserved