I have come across some very interesting data on the Confederate Navy officer, William A. Webb, which was not previously known, or shown elsewhere, even in Confederate Navy documentation. Webb, as we know, commanded the CSS ATLANTA, at the time of its capture in Wassaw Sound, Georgia. He was confined at Fort Warren and released many months later, in late 1864. Webb then went on to command an ironclad on the James River, but by November, 1864, all references to his activities disappears from the records. Now, thanks to a letter written in July, 1865, by Webb himself, he states that his health had deteriorated by the end of 1864, and, as such, and also because of unspecified business matters, he went to England in December of that year, and was in London at the end of the war. On confirmation that the war had ended, Webb then went to the office of the United States Consul in London, and, with Francis A. Adams as a witness, took the Oath of Allegiance in May, 1865. By July, 1865 he was already back in Richmond, Virginia, and applying for a Presidential pardon, which was granted by Andrew Johnson.
There is a bit of other new data, previously unknown, on some of the Confederate Navy officers, thanks to their letters of application for the pardon, sent to Union authorities, after the close of the war. This will help in building up profiles of these personnel for future reference.