Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-03-23
CONFEDERATE EXILES.
omcers 81 the Southern Navy who
fought Refuge Abroad at the
Close Of the Civil waa.

w. +. Clayton, Of Florence, 8. c..
who served under Commander Jehp
Taylor Wood In the confederate navy,
takes exception to q recent statement
In reference to the death in the Brit
ish army In South Africa Of Robert
Wood, son OF his old commander, In
which It In intimated that Commander
Wood went to Canada at the end Of tn q
civil war because Of hate of the Yam.
KEGS" Mr. Clayton says In an inter.
esting interview on this subject:
"No man Ia the eonfsdsruey made q
better record than did John Tayle1
Wood. He was an officer Of the Msrri.
mac, In the hght with the Monitor. he
was al Drewry's Bluff when ths
United States feet was driven back
and Richmond saved. He commanded
the ships boats that captured the
United States gunboats Satellite and
Reliance on the Rappahanock river;
also the expedition which, with Is
boats and l6o men, captured and
burned the United States gunboat Un.
derwriter at Newbern, N. G. This yes
sci mounted eight guns and carried q
crew Of IT'S officers and men After.
ward in command Of q blockade steam.
er, improViSed as q war vessel, he raw
aged the coast Of New England, de-
atroydng Ito fishing fleets and coastwiSS
trade. When Richmond was svae-
uated he was with 4 naval brigade, and
at Sailors creek, one of the hardest
fought and last battles of the war, he
led his men.
when the war was over Command
Wood, Ike most of our boys, found
himself financially aground. A sail
or's life units one for land duties
hence they a. 9 class stood q poor shoW
In the competition for existence. The
animosities engsndered by the politi.
clans after the collapse Of the oonfsa
eracy made the naval officers fate par
ticularly hard. The English people
having sympathizsd with the oonfed-
eracy, and the doctrine Of prescription
prevailing in the United States, many
OF the navy and army sought refuge
abroad. Thus It was that Commander
]. Taylor Wood found . better recep-
ton in Canada than he would have re,
ceived In New York OF other north eru
cities. And in the south all was de-
struction. It was not a question OF
hate with these veterans; probably
more q question Of bread. Brave men
never hate.
John Taylor Wood was not the only
enc Of the gallant officers Of the con.
federate states navy who sought an
asylum In foreign land. John R. Tuck
er, who commanded the Patrick Henry
In the Hampton Roads fight and WA
afterward commander Of the naval de.
lenses Of Charleston, became admiral
Of the Peruvian navy. and in the wan
between Spain and Peru and Chill
saved the cities of Callao and Valpa,
raise by sailing with his feet to the
Philippines, thus throwing of thu
Spanish feet The BullochA OF Geor.
gia, father and son, found remuner.
atiSe business IN Liverpool, and have
remained there, and that young and
gallant lieutenant OF the navy, A. N.
Mason, became q pasha In the khe-
dives service and was the Last paSha
officer retained, dying q few years ago
in Washington, In some repreze tatiVe
capacity for the Egyptian government
Other officers of the confederate navy
sought their fortunes abroad, but in
every case I am convinced it was neces.
sity and not hate that exilsd them.
when the wars tocsin sounded in
1851 no class of people quilted thsin.sl.
legiance TO the United States with
more reluctance than the naval off.
GERS, and the venom and partisan shin
OF reconstruction marked them for
especial vengeance. The consequences
was that many became sxiles from ne.
cessity, but in the secret reeerseS of
their bosom are photographed the
scenes of early years and the love of
their country. They are incapable On
hate as applied to their government,
and at heart they are Americans"
No Cause for worry.
Tourist lin Frozen Dog)-Heavensl
Those two cowboys are quarreiine
violently and drawing their revoIv-
ers!
Bronco Bill-Don't worry, podneri
They're only making bluff at fight
ing, so os to accidentally shoot a few
holes In uOor nina,