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James Iredell Waddell (the 3rd of July 1824 - the 15th of March 1886) was an officer in the United States Navy and later the Confederate States Navy. He is best known for commanding the CSS Shenandoah, which he sailed around the globe to raid U.S. shipping, and for overseeing the last official surrender of the American Civil War on the 6th of November 1865, in Liverpool, England.
The CSS Shenandoah surrendered on the 6th of November 1865, in mid-river on the River Mersey at Liverpool. Waddell surrendered the vessel to Captain Paynter, and the Confederate flag was lowered before the crew and a Royal Navy detachment. This event is recognized as the last official surrender of the American Civil War.
Waddell learned definitively that the war had ended on the 3rd of August 1865, when he met the Liverpool barque Barracouta at sea. The vessel carried news of the surrenders of General Joseph E. Johnston's army on April 26 and Kirby Smith's army on May 26, as well as the capture of President Jefferson Davis.
On the 27th of June 1865, Waddell captured the prize vessel Susan and Abigail, whose captain produced a San Francisco newspaper reporting the Confederate Government's flight from Richmond. However, the same newspaper contained President Jefferson Davis's proclamation that the war would be carried on with renewed vigor, which Waddell used to justify continuing his mission. He captured ten more whalers in the space of seven hours just below the Arctic Circle before finally receiving clear news of the Confederacy's collapse in August.
Waddell was born in Pittsboro, North Carolina and died at Annapolis, Maryland on the 15th of March 1886. He was buried at St. Anne's Cemetery in Annapolis.
The Charles F. Adams-class guided missile destroyer USS Waddell (DDG-24) was named in his honor.