The Confederate States Lighthouse Bureau was organized in March 1861. It was responsible for all lighthouses, lightships, buoys and other navigational aids, administration, repairs and illumination. It took over from the United States Lighthouse Bureau and was essentially the same.
There really wasn't much to do as by July 1861, most lights had been extinguished so as not to aid Union naval forces. Many of the lenses and equipment were moved inland
The CSLB even had their own flag, but no record or picture of it exists.
It was formed March 6, 1861 with Raphael Semmes as the officer in charge with instructions to report to the secretary of the Treasury on a yearly basis. Act 51 divided the Confederate seacoast into no more than five districts, each to be run by a lieutenant.
The bureau's papers are in the National Archives in Washington, DC.
Never heard of This Group before. --Old B-Runner
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