Confederate Seadog: John Taylor Wood in War and Exile Book

"John Taylor Wood, the grandson of President Zachary Taylor and a nephew of Jefferson Davis, was one of the most daring and remarkable participants of the Civil War and among the few people to hold dual rank in the Confederate military as a captain in the Confederate States Navy (CSN) and a colonel in the cavalry." This biography incorporates three of Wood's memoirs that were published in Century magazine between 1885 and 1898. In addition to important new details about Wood's childhood and youth, such as his harrowing experiences during the Seminole Wars, the text sheds new light on his Navy service during and after the Mexican War and his leading role in the little-known Confederate naval colony that formed after the Civil War in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Wood's literary activities and his friendship with William Hall, the first African American to win the Victoria Cross, are among other subjects thoroughly explored.