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Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War., Chapter 31 : operations of Farragut 's vessels on the coast of Texas , etc. (search)
Chapter 31: operations of Farragut's vessels on the coast of Texas, etc.
Bounds of Farragut's command up to 1863.
operations of Farragut's vessels on the coast of Texas.
gallant attack on Corpus Christi by Volunteer-Lieutenant Kittredge.
Galveston, Sabine Pass and Corpus Christi fall into the Federal hands.
an expedition of the Army and Navy defeated at Sabine Pass.
Farragut blockades Red River in the Hartford.
capture of the Diana by the Confederates.
loss of the union gun-bo no danger of capture in his absence, as the enemy was on the opposite shore and could not reach his vessel in the short time that he was away from her.
The last of the reports from Admiral Farragut to the Navy Department, published in the year 1863, conveyed the melancholy news of the death of Commander Abner Reed of the Monongahela.
He was mortally wounded by a rifle-shell while passing the batteries, twelve miles below Donaldsonville, and Farragut says of him: Commander Reed was one of th
Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War., Chapter 35 : operations of the North Atlantic Squadron , 1863 . (search)
Chapter 35: operations of the North Atlantic Squadron, 1863.
Successful expedition off Yorktown and up Neuse River.
loss of Monitor.
gallant rescue of greater portion of Monitor's crew by the Rhode Island.
serious loss to the governm ndensation of them can be given in this history.
But they can all be found in the Report of the Secretary of the Navy for 1863, where may be seen the most faithful and interesting account of these events that has yet been written; in fact, a better a force of improvised gun-boats carrying the heaviest guns) gave evidence that the art of war had not progressed much, in 1863, when such small operations were held in such high estimation.
There was a great waste of military force, and in most cas catur's lot when he cut out the Philadelphia in Tripoli harbor.
The later operations of the North Atlantic squadron, in 1863, were merely attempts to co-operate with the Army up the shoal rivers within the limits of the command, keeping down the C
Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War., Chapter 36 : operations of the South Atlantic Squadron under Rear-Admiral Dahlgren , 1863 .--operations in Charleston harbor , etc. (search)
Chapter 36: operations of the South Atlantic Squadron under Rear-Admiral Dahlgren, 1863.--operations in Charleston harbor, etc.
Rear-Admiral Dahlgren succeeds Rear-Admiral Dupont.
Dahlgren's difficult task.
General Gillmore requests naval co-operation.
Charleston harbor.
plan of General Gillmore.
attack on enemy's works by Army and Navy.
capture of Confederate works on South end of Morris Island.
assault on Fort Wagner.
Gillmore repulsed.
Second attack on Fort Sumter.
captu an officer, general knowledge on all subjects, in and out of his profession, made him an authority to whom foreign officers deferred.
He was as well posted in all naval matters as any officer at home or abroad, and his opinions, which did not in 1863 run in accord with those of the Navy Department, were adopted by his friends and acquaintances in every quarter.
DuPont had said that the forts in Charleston harbor could not be taken by the force with which he had attacked them, and his opinion
Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War., Chapter 37 : operations of the East Gulf Squadron to October , 1863 . (search)
Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War., Chapter 38 : review of the work done by the Navy in the year 1863 . (search)
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Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War., Chapter 39 : Miscellaneous operations, land and sea.--operations in the Nansemond , Cape Fear , Pamunky , Chucka Tuck and James Rivers .--destruction of blockade-runners.--adventures of Lieutenant Cushing , etc. (search)
Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War., Chapter 42 : Red River expedition.--continued. (search)
Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War., Chapter 47 : operations of South Atlantic Blockading Squadron , under Rear-admiral Dahlgren , during latter end of 1863 and in 1864 . (search)
Chapter 47: operations of South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, under Rear-admiral Dahlgren, during latter end of 1863 and in 1864.
Fort Sumter bombarded.
damages to the Fort and iron-clads.
loss of the Weehawken.
attack on batteries in Stono River.
review of work done by South Atlantic Squadron under Dahlgren.
acti ads or gun-boats were not engaged with the enemy's works.
The following table will exhibit the work done by the fleet from July 18th to September 8th:
Date. 1863. Object. Vessels engaged.
July 18. Assault on Wagner Montauk, Ironsides, Catskill, Nantucket, Weehawken, Patapsco, Paul Jones, Ottawa, Seneca, Chippewa, Wissahi
Additional List of Actions, in which the iron-clads were engaged with the Confederate batteries in Charleston harbor while reducing Morris Island.
Date.
1863. Name. Ro'ds fired. Hits by Enemy Dist'nce Yards. Object. Remarks.
July 18. New Ironsides. 805 4 1,400 Wagner
July 20. New Ironsides. 168 13 1,300 Wagner.