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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 14. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The Confederate steamship Patrick Henry. (search)
d the people of that then gay city from their slumbers at a most inconvenient hour. The Federal fire was well directed, and one officer and several men were wounded on board the Partrick Henry. One gunboat in particular, commanded by Lieutenant H. K. Davenport, was noted for the precision with which she used her rifled guns. The old sailing master of the Patrick Henry, a seaman of sixty winters and many gales, was much pleased with the manner in which Davenport used his guns. He said to somDavenport used his guns. He said to some one standing near him, look at that black, ugly little craft yonder, well, whenever you see a puff of smoke go up from her, look out, for, as sure as you are born, there will be a blue pigeon about. The skirmish having continued for an hour or more, and nothing to be gained by prolonging it, the Patrick Henry returned to her usual anchorage. In February, 1862, the ladies of Charles City, a county bordering on James river, desired to present to the Patrick Henry a flag which they had made
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 14. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Address before the Virginia division of Army of Northern Virginia, at their reunion on the evening of October 21, 1886. (search)
New Hampshire, memorial day, 1884; men representing all that was highest in the Puritans alike of Old and New England. Such men, doubtless, composed Grover's New England brigade, which made the famous charge on us at Manassas, and no doubt many of the Western regiments were composed of the true yeomanry of the soil. But I rather think the composition of the Fifth New York infantry (Duryee Zouaves), as given in the history of that regiment, was more of the average of the Union troops. Mr. Davenport, who wrote the history of the regiment, says: There were men among us who could respond to any duty; representatives from all trades with a sprinkling of the lawyers, book-keepers, sailors, and members of the volunteer fire department, many of the latter belonging to Company G. There were also veterans who had served in the British army in the Crimea and elsewhere; Italians who had fought under Garibaldi; Frenchmen who had served in the armies of la belle France; Teutons from the P