Maffitt, John Newland

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    Full name
    John Newland Maffitt
    Place of birth
    Born at Sea
    Burial Place
    Birth Date Certainty
    Exact
    Death Date Certainty
    Exact
    Gender
    Male
    Race
    White
    Sectional choice
    South
    No. of Spouses
    3
    No. of Children
    7
    Family
    John Newland Maffitt (father), Ann Carnic (mother), Mary Florence Murrell (first wife, 1840), Caroline Laurens Read (second wife, 1852), Emma Martin (third wife, 1870)
    Occupation
    Military
    Farmer or Planter
    Writer or Artist
    Military
    US military (Pre-Civil War)
    Confederate Navy

    John Newland Maffitt (American National Biography)

    Scholarship
    Like other Confederate high seas raiders, John Newland Maffitt both embarrassed and damaged the northern war effort. His destruction of Union shipping removed tonnage from service and at the same time forced Union ship owners to pay ever higher insurance premiums. His success, and that of other Confederate high seas raiders, forced the Union navy to divert much needed resources away from the blockade to the task of chasing these will-o'-the-wispish sea rovers.
    William M. Fowler, "Maffitt, John Newland," American National Biography Online, February 2000, http://www.anb.org/articles/05/05-00463.html.
    Chicago Style Entry Link
    Maffitt, John Newland. Nautilus, or Cruising under Canvas. New York: United States Publishing Company, 1872. view record
    How to Cite This Page: "Maffitt, John Newland," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/6147.