Silas T. Cobb

[Rsmyth]

Over at Boothiebarn, Dave Taylor had an interesting story on the death of Cobb. I had to update my notes since I did not know the "T" stood for Tower. There was a Tower ( Maiden name) in the family who died (1830's) before Silas was born. Prior to the war he sailed on a whaling ship out of Boston. I wonder if the whaling trade, predominantly a northern enterprise, was effected by the war, specifically southern raiders?