Silas T. Cobb

[Jim Garrett]

James Wadell was a Marylander and is buried at St. Annes Church in Annapolis. The Sons of Confederate Veterans camp in Annapolis is named in his honor. The confederate commerce raiders did have a great effect on the whaling industry. Between the CSS Shenandoah and the CSS Alabama, they bottled up the whaling fleet. The timing could not have been worse. The did for lamp oil increase exploration in the Pennsylvania oil fields and found that there was less peril and more cost efficiencies in crude.

The Museum of the Confederacy in Richmond has the flag the CSS Shenandoah was flying when she surrendered. They also have the cap of Capt. Raphael Semmes, of the CSS Alabama.