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The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 1: The Opening Battles. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), The fall of Fort Henry and Fort Donelson (search)
manded in the War of 1812. Fifteen of the shots from Fort Henry struck and told upon the Essex, the last one penetrating her armor and piercing her middle boiler. Commander Porter, standing among his men directing the fight, was terrible scalded by the escaping steam, as were twenty-seven others. Wrongly suspected of disloyalty at the outbreak of the war, Commander Porter's conduct during the struggle gave the lie to such calumny. He recovered after Fort Henry, and was made Commodore in July, 1862. Again in command of the Essex he attempted unsuccessfully to destroy the dread Confederate ram Arkansas at Vicksburg on July 22d. Porter and the Essex then joined Farragut's fleet. His shells helped the Union forces to repulse the Confederates at Baton Rouge, August 5th, and he witnessed the blowing up of the Arkansas the following day. He died May 1, 1864. The Essex two years later down stream, while her companion ships continued their advance and increased their fire. Pres
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 1: The Opening Battles. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), The Seven days Battles: the Confederate capital saved. (search)
cClellan scoured the country before he was satisfied of the Confederate withdrawal. The Third and Fourth Pennsylvania cavalry made a reconnaisance to Charles City Court House and beyond, and General Averell reported on July 11th that there were no Southern troops south of the lower Chickahominy. His scouting expeditions extended in the direction of Richmond and up the Chickahominy. Officers of the Third Pennsylvania Cavalry: after the Seven days Charles City Court House, Virginia, July, 1862 Where Jackkson's men scored: Gaines' Mill. From this old ruin, Gaines' Mill, the momentous battle of June 27, 1862, took its name, and on the ridge known as Turkey Hill, a mile to the southeast, the men of the First Maryland Confederate regiment won glory for them-selves and their cause. Stonewall Jackson's corps at the end of a rapid march had arrived in the middle of the afternoon. After a brief rest, it was hurled against the Federal center on Turkey Hill. A battery defend
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 1: The Opening Battles. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), Engagements of the Civil War with losses on both sides December, 1860-August, 1862 (search)
nded, 30 missing. Maj.-Gen. James Longstreet's Division, 763 killed, 3,929 wounded, 239 missing. Maj.-Gen. A. P. Hill's Division, 619 killed, 3,251 wounded. Maj.-Gen. T. J. Jackson's command, 966 killed, 4,417 wounded, 63 missing. Maj.-Gen. T. H. Holmes' Division, 2 killed, 52 wounded. Maj.-Gen. J. E. B. Stuart's Cavalry, 15 killed, 30 wounded, 60 missing. Artillery, Brig.-Gen. W. N. Pendleton, 10 killed, 34 wounded. Total, 2,820 killed, 14,011 wounded, 752 missing. July, 1862. July 1, 1862: Booneville, Miss. Union, 2d Ia., 2d Mich. Cav. Confed., Gen. Chalmers' Cav. Losses: Union 45 killed and wounded. Confed. 17 killed, 65 wounded. July 4-28, 1862: Gen. Morgan's raid in Kentucky. July 6, 1862: Grand Prairie, near Aberdeen, Ark. Union, detachment of the 24th Ind. Confed. No record found. Losses: Union 1 killed, 21 wounded. Confed. 84 killed, wounded, and missing (estimate). July 7, 1862: Bayou Cache, also called cott