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Note: N7640 Merriweather, James A.
US Naval Academy Register
Born in Georgia. Appointed from Georgia. Entered the U. S. Naval Academy 28 September 1858. Resigned 22 January 1861. Appointed acting midshipman, C. S. Navy 16 May 1861. Promoted to passed midshipman 3 October 1862. Served on the Savannah Naval Station 1861-1862. Served aboard the gunboat CSS GAINES at the Mobile Naval Station, 1862-1863. Resigned from the service 11 February 1863.
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Note: N7636 Meriwether, James A.
CS Navy Register
Born in Georgia. Appointed from Georgia. Resigned as an acting midshipman, US Naval Academy, 22 Jan 1861. Appointed an acting midshipman, CS Navy, 16 May 1861. Promoted passed midshipman, 3 Oct 1862. Resigned 11 Feb 1863. Served at the Savannah Naval Station, 1861-62, and aboard the gunboat CSS GAINES, Mobile, Alabama, 1862-63.
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Note: N7628 CS Service
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James A. Meriwether, Midshipman; born in and appointed from Georgia; previous service U.S. Navy; CSS Savannah, November, 1861; CSS Gaines, 1862-3; resigned February 11, 1863. [Georgia in the War, 1861-1865, page 112. See article "THE REBEL NAVY" in the Richmond, Virginia, Daily Examiner, Friday, November 29, 1861, page 1.]
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Note: N7629 New York Times (New York, New York), 22 February 1912
Capt. A. J. Meriwether died Tuesday at Gainesville, Texas, at the age of 70 years. Capt. Meriwether was graduated from Annapolis in 1856 (sic), and he was serving as Lieutenant when he resigned to take a commission in the Confederate Navy. A war vessel was given to the South, with a provision that Capt. Meriwether be made commander. The vessel was serving as a blockade runner to bring supplies to the Confederate Army from Cuba. Chased by a United States vessel and in danger of capture, Capt. Meriwether blew her up while off Havana Harbor.
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Note: N7630 Washington Post
Special to the Washington Post.
Confederate Captain Dead
A.J. Meriwether Commanded the Niobe, Which He Later Blew Up.
Gainesville, Tex., Feb. 20 1912.—Capt. A. J. Meriwether, 79 years old, died from paralysis of the heart today.
Capt. Meriwether was graduated at Annapolis in 1856 (sic), and, entering the navy, he became a lieutenant and served until the outbreak of the civil war, when he, with 250 others, entered the Confederate service.
A French woman gave the Confederacy a ship with the provision that Meriwether should be the captain. This was granted, and the vessel, the Noibe, was used as a blockade runner in bringing supplies to the Confederate army from Cuba and South America.
When the vessel was about to be captured Capt. Meriwether blew her up off the coast of Cuba, near Havana.
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Note: N7635 Dallas Morning News (Dallas, Texas). 21 February 1912
Gainesville, Tex., Feb. 20—Capt. A. J. Meriwether, 89 years old, and City Police Judge, died this morning after several days illness from paralysis of the heart. He had been a resident of this county for forty-five years.
He was educated at the Naval Academy at Annapolis, graduating in the same class with Admirals Dewey, Schley and Sampson. He entered the navy as Lieutenant and served ten years before the breaking out of the Civil War, when he, with 249 out of 250 men, left the United States Navy when their resignations were refused by President Lincoln and joined the Confederate forces. A French woman named Lizzie De Maurie presented the Confederacy a battleship with the provision that Meriwether should be made Captain in charge. This was granted and the ship was used as a blockade runner in bringing supplies to the Confederate army from Cuba and South America. The ship was named Niobe, and while off the Cuban coast near Havana Capt. Meriwether blew it up to prevent its capture by Federals.
Capt. Meriwether formulated and carried to successful completion a move to build a beautiful monument here to the memory of the Sons and Daughters of the South, and in this undertaking, which was completed only a few months ago, he was helped financially by Admiral Winfield Scott Schley.
A brother, Robert Meriwether, aged 76, of Austin is here. He was a member of the staff of Gen. A. R. Wright and took part in the battles of Chancellorsville and Appomattox court house, in both of which he was badly wounded. The funeral will be held here tomorrow afternoon.
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