CSS Tallahassee was a twin-screw steamer and cruiser in the Confederate States Navy, purchased in 1864, and used for commerce raiding off the Atlantic coast.
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12 Facts About CSS Tallahassee
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CSS Tallahassee later operated under the names CSS Olustee and CSS Chameleon.
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CSS Tallahassee was previously the blockade runner Atalanta and made the Dover-Calais crossing in 77 minutes on an even keel.
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CSS Tallahassee had made several blockade runs between Bermuda and Wilmington, N C before the Confederates bought her.
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CSS Tallahassee went through the blockade on August 6,1864 from her home port of Wilmington, North Carolina.
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CSS Tallahassee made a 19-day raid off the Atlantic coast as far north as Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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The CSS Tallahassee destroyed 26 vessels and captured 7 others that were bonded or released.
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CSS Tallahassee was granted an extra 12 hours to fix a broken mast but was only allowed to load enough coal to take her to the nearest Confederate port.
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CSS Tallahassee succeeded in negotiating the passage out of the harbour, although no Northern warships were in fact waiting.
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CSS Tallahassee captured and destroyed six ships off the Cape of Delaware before having to return for coal.
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CSS Tallahassee stopped attempts by USS Sassacus to capture her on November 6,1864 and by four other United States ships on November 7,1864 finally passing into the safety of Wilmington harbor.
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CSS Tallahassee was awarded to the United States Government and handed over to the consul at Liverpool on April 26,1866.
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