Sam Clemens, Steamboat Pilot for the Confederacy

Since his vessel contained nothing for which the blockade was intended, he started down river. According to contemporary news reports, the crew of the H. R. W. Hill united in the procession, their yawl with a tall staff bearing aloft the Confederate flag. The H. R. W Hill left the levee earlier that...

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Published in:Mark Twain journal (1954) 2015-04, Vol.53 (1), p.69-87
Main Author: Marleau, Michael H.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Blockades
Boats
Cannons
Cities
Civil War, 1861-1865
Confederation
Forts
Guns
Ice
Pilots and pilotage
Secessionism
Steamboats
Twain, Mark
Twain, Mark (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835-1910)
United States history
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Summary:Since his vessel contained nothing for which the blockade was intended, he started down river. According to contemporary news reports, the crew of the H. R. W. Hill united in the procession, their yawl with a tall staff bearing aloft the Confederate flag. The H. R. W Hill left the levee earlier that day with a parting salute when she raised the flag of the Confederate States and fired some guns.17 By Horace Bixby's calculations, the three months' piloting for the Confederacy by Clemens would have begun in March 1861. [...]the month of April 1861 was Clemens's second under DeHaven and his Confederate flag. A staunch Union man, he had campaigned for Lincoln and later that spring received an appointment as Secretary of the Territory of Nevada. Since the government only reimbursed travel expenses, Orion would be in need of a loan.
ISSN:0025-3499