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Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 16 2 Browse Search
Daniel Ammen, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 7.2, The Atlantic Coast (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 5 1 Browse Search
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Daniel Ammen, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 7.2, The Atlantic Coast (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 2: the Port Royal expedition. (search)
A. M. of the 18th. Fifty men were landed, there being no sign of life on the wharf. On reaching the town large numbers of the blacks were found pillaging commissary stores. A deserted encampment was found one mile from the water, the troops having left when they saw the vessels entering the creek. The blacks were found as busy as bees, and had already possessed themselves of what they found in camp. Forty-four Sibley tents were taken on board the Vixen. In relation to this, Colonel John L. Branch, whose encampment was visited, reported as follows: On Tuesday the 17th, at 4.30 P. M., it was reported to me that four of the enemy's vessels had crossed the bar or were in sight and firing shells. I at once prepared to make observations for myself and saw the vessels, one considerably in advance of the others, coming up the Edisto River. I ordered the regimental line to be formed without knapsacks and marched out of camp, supposing that a fire of shells would at once be opened up
Daniel Ammen, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 7.2, The Atlantic Coast (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter VIII Hatteras Inlet—Roanoke Island. (search)
of General Gatlin, Commander-in-Chief in North Carolina, will be found on p. 573, Vol. IV., of the Rebellion Records, published by the Government. It concludes as follows: I may be permitted to conclude this rapid sketch by stating that we failed to make timely efforts to maintain the ascendancy on Pamlico Sound, and thus admitted Burnside's fleet without a contest; we failed to put a proper force on Roanoke Island, and thus lost the key to our interior coast; and we failed to furnish General Branch with a reasonable force, and thus lost the important town of Newbern. On consultation with Flag-Officer Stringham and Commander Stellwagen, General Butler determined to leave the troops and hold the fort until he could get some further instructions from the Government. He adds: The importance of the point cannot be overrated. When the channel is buoyed out any vessel may carry fifteen feet of water over it with ease. Once inside, there is a safe harbor and anchorage in all weathe
Daniel Ammen, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 7.2, The Atlantic Coast (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Index. (search)
seq. Blockade, proclamation concerning, 78; blockade running, 146 Blythewood, Mr., plantation of, 37 Bombshell, the, 205 et seq. Boomer, Master's Mate E., 177 Boston Navy Yard, 7 et seq. Boston, the, U. S. transport, 46, 49 et seq. Boun, Lewis, 62 Boutelle, Mr., 18, 36, 91 Bowen, Mr., bar-pilot, 220 Boyden, Master's Mate, 218 Bradford, Colonel, 170 Bradford, Mr., of the Coast Survey, 220 Bragg, General, 236, 240, 242 Braine, Lieutenant D. L., 174 Branch, Colonel John L., his report on abandonment of Rockville, 40, 171 Brannan, General, 70 et seq. Breese, Captain K. R., 232 et seq., 237 Bridge, Horatio, Chief of Provisions and Clothing Bureau, 3 Brincker, the, 177, 181, 183, 189 Brintnall, Assistant Surgeon, 63 Britannia, the, 210, 229 Brooklyn, the, U. S. steamer, 6, 223, 228 Brown, Colonel, 173 Brown, John, raid of, 1 Brunswick, Ga., 56 et seq. Bryson of the Lehigh, 146; of the Chippewa, 194 Buch