John Newland Maffitt was an officer in the Confederate States Navy who was nicknamed the "Prince of Privateers" due to his success as a blockade runner and commerce raider in the U.S. Civil War.
Commander John Newland Maffitt, CSN in 1863
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CSS Florida (cruiser)
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CSS Florida was a sloop-of-war in the service of the Confederate States Navy. She served as a commerce raider during the American Civil War before being sunk in 1864.
John Newland Maffitt (privateer)
…Maffitt was a slave owner, and sold Cornelia Williams Read in 1857. During the American Civil War, while commanding the Confederate States Navy cruiser CSS Florida, he was chased by the United States Navy steam frigate USS Niagara to Europe. On board Niagara was William B. Gould, who married Read after the war…
CSS Florida
Montage of Photographs of Officers of the CSS Florida
Illustration from Harper's Weekly in 1863 of CSS Florida (left) burning the clipper Jacob Bell (right) off the West Indies on 13 February 1863. She had captured Jacob Bell the previous day.
The pirate Florida burning the barque Golconda, off Cape Henry, July 8, 1864