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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events, Diary from December 17, 1860 - April 30, 1864 (ed. Frank Moore) 12 8 Browse Search
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 1. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.) 12 2 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies 11 5 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 11. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 10 10 Browse Search
The Atlanta (Georgia) Campaign: May 1 - September 8, 1864., Part I: General Report. (ed. Maj. George B. Davis, Mr. Leslie J. Perry, Mr. Joseph W. Kirkley) 8 0 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 10. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 8 4 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: may 27, 1862., [Electronic resource] 7 7 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: August 13, 1862., [Electronic resource] 6 2 Browse Search
James Barnes, author of David G. Farragut, Naval Actions of 1812, Yank ee Ships and Yankee Sailors, Commodore Bainbridge , The Blockaders, and other naval and historical works, The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 6: The Navy. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller) 6 6 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: February 18, 1862., [Electronic resource] 5 5 Browse Search
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Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Chapter 20: (search)
urges as necessary for his success that there should be an attack on the rear of Gloucester Point, and adds: My present strength will not admit of a detachment for this purpose without materially impairing the efficiency of this column. Commodore Goldsborough thinks the—work too strong for his available vessels, unless I can turn Gloucester. Report on the Conduct of the War, Part I, p. 320. In the cipher dispatch of April 7th to President Lincoln, General McClellan acknowledges a telegram by the columns of smoke which rose on the horizon that the propitious moment had arrived, Wool proposed to the President to undertake an expedition against Norfolk. Max Weber's brigade was speedily embarked, and, to protect his descent, Commodore Goldsborough's fleet was ordered to escort it. But the Confederate batteries, not yet having been abandoned, fired a few shots in reply, while the Virginia, which, since the wounding of the brave Buchanan, had been commanded by Commodore Tatnall, show
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Chapter 21: (search)
th him. The count states: The James River, which had been closed until then by the presence of the Virginia, as York River had been by the cannon of Yorktown, was opened by the destruction of that ship, just as York River had been by the evacuation of the Confederate fortress. But it was only open as far as Drury's Bluff; in order to overcome this last obstacle interposed between Richmond and the Federal gunboats, the support of the land forces was necessary. On the 19th of May Commodore Goldsborough had a conference with General McClellan regarding the means to be employed for removing that obstacle. . . . General McClellan, as we have stated above, might have continued to follow the railway line, and preserved his depots at Whitehouse, on the Pamunkey, . . . but he could also now go to reestablish his base of operations on James River, which the Virginia had hitherto prevented him from doing. By crossing the Chickahominy at Bottom's Bridge, and some other fords situated lower
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Index (search)
st Great Britain, 236-37. Georgia, reconstruction, 630-32. Georgia (cruiser), 221, 237. Germantown (frigate), 164. Gettysburg, Pa., Battle of, 355, 370-78. Ghent, Treaty of, 1815, 7. Gillmore, General Q. A., 65, 533. Gilmer, Gen. J. F., 25, 175, 428, 534. Extract from letter to Col. W. P. Johnston, 51-52. Gilmore, James R., 515-16. Gist, General, death, 489. Gladden, General, 46. Glassell, Commander W. T., 175. Gleason, William, 200. Goggin, Major, 454. Goldsborough, Commodore, 69, 82, 86. Gordon, Gen. John B., 435, 437, 449, 452, 453,454, 557, 558, 563. Attack on Fort Steadman, 552; letter to Lee concerning attack, 552-55. Governor Moore (ship), 185. Gracie, General, 426-27, 428. Granberry, General, death, 489. Granger, General, 361. Granite State (gunboat), 199. Grant, General Ulysses S., 15, 21, 24, 41, 43, 50, 51, 52, 53, 55, 57, 58, 86, 203, 326, 327, 328, 330, 332, 333, 335, 336, 338, 339, 342, 343, 344, 349, 351, 354, 355,379, 417,