Lighthouses and navigational aids within the Confederate States of America
Agency executive
Raphael Semmes Edward F. Pedgard Ebenezer Farrand Thomas E. Martin
Parent agency
Confederate States Department of the Treasury
Raphael Semmes
The Confederate States Lighthouse Bureau was an administrative bureau within the Confederate States Department of the Treasury which was responsible for the upkeep of lighthouses and other navigational aids along Confederate shores.[2]
^Warren, Spencer F. (1997). Raphael Semmes: The Philosophical Mariner. University of Alabama Press. p. 104. ISBN 0-8173-0847-4.
^Acts and Resolutions of the First Session of the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States. Enquirer's Book and Job Press. 1861. pp. 71–72. Retrieved 24 May 2010.
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