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blockaderunn:
was ni
Nor Did Capt. Fenn Peck,
a Ship, Although 1
by Yankee
Captain Peck, on the quarter deck
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UI a river iuu ui a. muuouuU
Oft sailed the sea as a blockade runner.
For acting quick he knew the trick
Of playing discreet to slip the watch
of the blockade fleet.
Of the many skippers who distin- ,
guished themselves by running the
blockade of Confederate ports during
the war, probably the most successful j
and therefore, most famous, was j
Capt. Fenn Peck, of Charleston. Capt. j
Peck went out of port to the un- j
Known sea long ago, but his fame is i
still fresh in the memory of a few j
old-timers. Starling Lebby, L. M. j
Coxetter, the Lockwood brothers,
Tom and Bob, Peter Tecklenberg, j
and others less well remembered, j
won distinction in the damgerous
game, but Capt. Fenn Peck made
more runs than any of them and
mnndftd off his career by never being |
caught or losing a ship.
Prior to the war Capt. Peck was in j
the peaceful employment of a coast-,
ing skipper. He commanded at dif- i
ferent times the sea-going steamer '
Cecile, which plied between Charleston
and Florida ports, and the river !
steamer William Seabrook, which j
threaded the tortuous inland passage
to Beaufort. But the advent of thej
war carried him further off shore.!
His first deep sea venture was made
early in 1861, when John Fraser &
Co. sent him to Liverpool to pilot
an English steamship loaded with j
arms into a Confederate port.
Even then it was no easy voyage'
to Liverpool, so Capt. Peck had to
sail over both land and sea. He first i
made his way to Canada and began j
his ocean voyage from Montreal or j
Quebec. Returning, he planned originally
to bring his ship into Hatteras
Inlet, on the North Carolina coast,
but nearing that haven he overhauled
a Federal merchantman and secured
newspapers, which appsised j
him of the fact that Hatteras Inlet
had been taken by the Yankees.
Knowing there was a big blockading j
fleet off Charleston, he headed for Savannah
and succeeded in bringing his
vessel by night inside of Tybee Island.
That was the first vessel to
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but unfortunately I have not been j
able to get her name and others give
% i
her the distinction which is ner due.
She was afterward converted into the .
Confederate gunboat Commodore!
Tatnall.
Brought Arms from Nassau.
Shortly afterward Capt. Pgck was
placed by John Fraser & Co. in command
of his old vessel Cecile, in,
which about 10 o'clock one night, he
skipped out of Charleston harbor unobserved
by the blockading fleet and
proceeded to Nassau for a cargo of
arms. Instead however, of returning j
to Charleston he ran across the Flori- i
da Strait to Smyrna, where he land- j
ed his arms successfully.
About the same time, the steamer
.Kate, commanded by Capt. Tom i
Lockwood, also from Nassau, and
loaded with arms, made the same
port. These two cargoes of arms
were conveyed over land to Gen. Albert
Sidney Johnston, and with them j
he fought the battle of Shiloh. An
incident connected with the landing
of those arms is illustrative of the!
intrepidity of the blockade runners, i
Capt. Lockwood wishing to take
his wife and family over to Nassau j
ran up to Charleston for them, while
his ship the Kate, was unloading.
Railroad communication between j
Florida and Charleston was not in
those days what it is to-day and Capt.
Lockwood was longer in making the j
round trip than he expected to be.
When he returned to Smyrna, he
found his mate had already carried i
the Kate back to Nassau. Nothing
daunted Capt. Lockwood purchased a
sailboat and carried his family
across the strait.
Capt. Peck after bringing the
Cecile back to Charleston was trans^
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Herald, afterward renamed Antomila.
He made one round trip in the
Herald, but, for some reason that has
been forgotten, turned her over for
the second voyage to Capt. L. M.
Coxetter, who will be remembered
by old Charlestonians as the commander
after the war of the steamer
dictator. which plied for years between
Charleston. Savannah and
raeksonville. Capt. Coxetter successfully
eluded the blockaders, but ran
into a thrilling experience at the very
end of his voyage. He made Nassau
at night and lay in the offing to take
a pilot aboard next morning. Feeling
that his voyage was safely over
he turned in for a good night's rest,
after warning the mate not to let the
ship drift more than a mile off shore.
Nevertheless, when he went on deck
i
ER WHO
iVER CAPTURED
of Charleston, Ever Lose
Frequently Chased
Gunboats.
::t daybreak his ship was fully ten
miles away from the entrance to the
harbor.
I~iu<?hed at Broadside.
As he headed for port a man-ofwar
was steaming down on him. He
supposed it was the British ship stationed
at Nassau and promptly sent
aloft the Royal George. However,
the approaching dog-of-war proved
to be the United States sloop of war
Adirondack, which ran alongside.
The men behind Uncle Sam's guns
could not have been as good in those
days as in these, for the Herald was
unhurt and the only effect of the
broadside was to make Capt. Coxetter
ring "full speed ahead."
Then followed a blood-stirring
chase; the Herald having the speed,
but the Adirondack the weight of argument
in the shape of broadside after
broadside. Capt. Coxetter, pistol
in hand, stood upon the top of a paddle
box directing the course of his
ship so as to avoid as much as possible
the aim of the broadsides. Every
time the Adirondack manoeuvred to t
deliver a broadside he would steer
the Herald so as to put her out of
the course of the missiles. He handled
his ship so well that, though
somewhat damaged in rigging and
smokestack, she was struck in the
hull only once and there without
serious injury. The United States officer
commanding the Adirondack
seemed to forget all about the threemile
limit for the last shot he fired j
flew over the Herald as she was passing
the outer harbor buoy.
The good people of Nassau were
thrown into a fever of excitement by
the early morning salute, and his
majesty's station ship went down the
harbor to meet the ingoing and somewhat
dishevelled blockade runner.
The latter was signalled to stop so as
to be boarded. Her majesty's naval
representative was properly indignant
and he took written attestations from
Capt. Coxetter and his subalterns
that a British ship, flying the British
flag, had not only been fired upon on
the high seas by the United States
sloop of war Adirondack, but also
actually chased and fired on at the
harbor mouth.
Primed with that explosive ammunition
the British frigate steamed
forth to overhaul the United States j
sloop of war and Capt. Coxetter and
his still shivering crew expected soon
to hear the latter blown out of water, j
But a blissful silence ensued and later
in the day the two war vessels
were descried steaming amicably into
harbor side by side. What had happened
was something like this:
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The British commander showed his j
hand to the United States commander.
The latter expressed astonishment
of the strength of the cards and
admitted it would be useless to play
out the game. The proper thing was
to apologize for disturbing the serenity
of her majesty's representatives
and forthwith salute the British flag.
The salute was cordially returned and
the visiting officers were invited up
to town for refreshments. At the
best hotel in Nassau, that afternoon,
according to an eye witness, there
was an animated discussion of the
evtraordinary happenings of the 6ea,
accompanied by a continuous fusilade
of popping corks. All of which goes
to show with what ease international
complications may be averted if the
parties in acting possess the requisite
discretion.
Capt. Peck's next vessel was the
Leopard. later called Stonewall
Jackson. He made two successful
trips in her and then turned over the
command to a Capt. Black. Capt.
Black ran safe out of Charleston harbor
and returning had escaped the
blockaders. But coming in the Swash
channel he ran too close in shore and
grounded on the bar that runs out
on the Isle of Palms side of Breach
Inlet. The Jackson never made port
again. She left her bones on the bar,
but at least a part of her cargo was
saved. *
The foregoing facts have been
gleaned from Capt. Peck's son,
Thomas F. H. Peck, who was chief
engineer on all of his father's ships.
Chief Peck, now 73 years old, lives at
18 Bee street in this city. He is badly
crippled by rheumatism, but his
j mind
is clear, though he is somewhat
forgetful of dates and names not intimately
connected with his personal
experiences. He is now generally
known as Capt. Peck, but he modestlvy
explains that he got the title from
commanding the steam dredges of
the Marine and River Phosphate Mining
Company that dug up the bottom
of the Stono river for phosphate rock
after the war.
Son Also Played the Game.
Capt. Thomas Peck, as engineer,
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WAR MUNITIONS FOR ULSTE
Guns and Cartridges to Resist He
Rule.
Belfast. Ireland, April 25.?A c
signment of 4 0,000 rifles and 5<
000.000 rounds of ammunition fi
Germany was landed at isola
points on the coast of Ulster ]
night and distributed by means
200 automobiles to the various he
Quarters of the Ulster "volunteei
The Ulster men who declare th<
selves determined to offer armed
sistance to the introduction of he
rule were mobilized early last ni
and guarded the landing places ;
roads until the distribution of
arms had been completed.
The polire were powerless '<
all communications were interru
ed.
Cabinet Stirred.
London, April 25.?Gun-runn
exploit of the Ulster "voluntee
stirred the British cabinet into s
den activity to-day. Premier
quith, who was on the way for
country residence for the week-e
was stopped by telegraph and retu
ed to London immediately. There
conferred with Augustin Ben
chief secretary for Ireland, and c
er colleagues in the cabinet. Ma
Gen. Sir Cecil MacReady, of the i
office, participated in the conferei
m i
Full line legal blanks and bh
books can be had at Herald B(
Store. Mail orders promptly fille
ran the blockade even more freque
ly than his father and like him 1
the good luck never to be captu
or run ashore. His last ship was
Alice, which ran the blockade w
the regularity of a packet liner, as
puts it. Almost every ten days i
was on the go between Charleston
Wilmington and Nassau or Hamilt
Bermuda. A steamer named Fai
ran with equal regularity, but C*
Peck cannot recall who commam
her.
The Alice was owned by Willian
Bee & Co. and commanded first
Capt. James Eagan and Capt. Gn
The Durser of the Alice was Eug
Jervey, a nephew of Theodore D. J
vey, one of the members of the f
of William C. Bee & Co.
After the war Eugene Jervey ?
became a member of the firm. H<
still living, and now connected v
the Virginia-Carolina Chemical c<
pany. The carpenter of the Alice 1
Hugh Ferguson, afterward for ?
eral years sheriff of Charleston co
ty. Ferguson died some years ag
The Alice was a fast steamship
those days, capable of making ab
13 knots an hour. She was about
000 tons burthen and could carrj
least 1,200 bales of cotton. Be
much faster than the majority
blockaders, she usually had little d
cultv in eluding them, but on voyage
she had a narrow and m<
orable escape. It was toward
close of the war. The Federals, i
fiting by Iheir blockading experiei
had posted a second line of cruis
on the west edge of the Gulf Strei
so as to intercept blockade runn
leaving port by night at dayli
next morning. The Alice had
Wilmington by night and esca
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in6 dtsl nue ui uiu^nuuvio, uub u
morning was menaced by a purs
under full press of steam and sal
away up to windward.
Cotton Dumped Overboard.
To lesson the chances of detect
steam blockade runners did not (
ry sails. The pursuer, thereft
held a substantial advantage and 1
visibly gaining. Capt. Grant ki
that his main chance of safety 1
edging up to windward so as to 1
the enemy into a course where
sails could not draw, but he had b
caught so far to leeward that he 1
in a fair way to be caught before
could get far enough to windwj
The enemy continued to gain and
last chance of the Alice lay in thr
ing her cargo overboard. Accordir
over went the cotton bales. In
550 bales were pitcnea into tne
and as her burthen was lightened
Alice began to drop the enemy. '
Gulf Stream was like a cotton stor
yard. Every merchantman in si*
and there happened to be a g
many, bore down on the floating bj
and lowered boats to pick them
However, the Alice escapd with so:
thing like 700 bales, which she la
ed safe in Nassau.
The Alice kept out of the clutc
of blockaders to the end, and a:
the close of the war was taken acr
the ocean from Nassau to Engla
with the prestige and glory of an
beaten racer.
While Capt. Peck is no longer a
to handle the throttle, he is not wl
ly inactive. He owns a sleek ;
beautiful bay mare, behind which
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a comroriaoie ianuau, ne uuvcs au
the city twice a day, morning and
ternoon. He attributes his rheui
tism to the effects of malaria, wfc
he contracted planting sea isl;
cotton, after he left the phospb
company, at Headquarters plantat
on John's Island. Headquarters
on the west bank of the Stono Rii
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