VIEW OF SHELL DAMAGE ABOARD THE CONFEDERATE SHIP CSS TEASER – IMAGE #483 OF “BRADY’S ALBUM GALLERY”

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Image shows part of the deck of the CSS TEASER. Visible in the foreground is a large hole with broken timbers caused by a shell. In the background one can see further up the deck past part of the superstructure.

Image clarity and contrast is good. Mount and paper have light surface dirt.

Reverse has a printed label with caption that reads “BRADY’S ALBUM GALLERY NO. 483 –THE TEAZER, CAPTURED BY THE MERITANZA, ON 4TH OF JULY, 1862. THIS VIEW SHOWS THE DESTRUCTION CAUSED BY A BURSTING OF 100 LB RIFLED SHELL.” This is followed by more publishing information and a description of the series that the image is part of. There is also some collector information in pencil and a modern stamp that reads “PHOTO FROM BROWN BROTHERS 220 WEST 42nd ST. NEW YORK CITY.”

TEASER was built at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Purchased at Richmond, Virginia by the State of Virginia in 1861, she was assigned to the naval forces in the James River with Lieutenant James Henry Rochelle, Virginia State Navy, in command. Upon the secession of Virginia, TEASER became a part of the Confederate States Navy and continued to operate in Virginia waters. With Lieutenant William A. Webb, CSN, in command, she took an active part in the Battle of Hampton Roads on March 8–March 9, 1862, acting as tender to CSS VIRGINIA. She received the thanks of the Congress of the Confederate States for this action.

TEASER was a pioneer "aircraft carrier", serving as a base for an observation gas filled balloon; she also became a pioneer minelayer when ordered on June 17, 1862, to assist General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. Under Lieutenant Hunter Davidson, CSN, she was used by the Confederate Naval Submarine Battery Service to plant and service "torpedoes" (mines) in the James River. While engaging USS MARATANZA at Haxall's on the James on July 4, 1862, a Union shell blew up TEASER's boiler and forced her crew to abandon ship. When seized by MARATANZA, TEASER was carrying on board a balloon for aerial reconnaissance of Union positions at City Point and Harrison's Landing.

The ship then became part of the US Navy as the USS TEASER and served throughout the rest of the war with the Union fleet. [ad] [ph:L]

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