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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 3. (ed. Frank Moore) | 1 | 1 | Browse | Search |
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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)
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)
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 3. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 257 (search)
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245. the capture of Biloxi, Miss.
Boston Journal account.
ship Island, Thursday, Jan. 2, 1862.
the expedition to Biloxi was eminently successful, resulting in the surrender of the place to the Federal forces, the reduction of the fortification, and the capture of a schooner laden with lumber, and all without firing a gun.
The expedition consisted of the United States gunboats Water Witch, Lieut. Aaron K. Hughes, commanding; New London, Lieut. Abner Reed, commanding; and the Lewis, Lieut. Thomas McKean Buchanan, commanding.
In addition to the regular officers and crews of the several steamers, detachments of forty-five marines from the guards of the flagship Niagara and the steamer Massachusetts, and commanded by Lieut. George Butler, of the Niagara, and two boats' crews from the Massachusetts, accompanied the expedition, which was a purely naval enterprise, the whole being under command of Commander Melancton Smith, of the Massachusetts.
The Lewis was formerly