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Prize Crews from the Privateer CSS Jeff Davis

Prize Crew on the Enchantness {recaptured By Union}
There was a question if the Prize crew should treated as Pirates or POWS; interesting the following link gives details of the Enchantess cargo
See https://civilwartalk.com/threads/murder-by-lincolns-government-almost.19439/

Prize Crew of the S.J. Waring
Montague Amiel (Prize Master}
George Stevens {First mate}
Malcolm Liddy {Second Mate}
seamen
James Dorset
James Molineau

On July 16,1861 the Waring steward a free black named William Tillman with the help of a Waring seaman retook the ship in the process killing Amiel; stevens and Liddy . The other two were spared to sail the Waring to New York City. {Tilliman motovation was that he realized that when the vessel reached Charleston he would be sold into slavery despite the fact he had been born free}

Ref:
https://books.google.com/books?id=eOeE3OgUy3gC&pg=PA485&dq=Montague+Amiel+killed+July+1861&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiWg5_9m7_wAhWGPM0KHTnMAjsQ6AEwAHoECAIQAg#v=onepage&q=Montague%20Amiel%20killed%20July%201861&f=false

https://books.google.com/books?id=lp0yAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA54&dq=William+Tillman+and+schooner+S+J+waring&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjXy9Dykr_wAhUMHM0KHWbGBzYQ6AEwBnoECAMQAg#v=onepage&q=William%20Tillman%20and%20schooner%20S%20J%20waring&f=false