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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., The navy in the Red River. (search)
water soon reduced the active squadron to three iron-clads and a half-dozen light-draughts. On the 12th of March the fleet and transports moved up the Red River. The greater part turned off at the Atchafalaya to cover the landing of Smith's force at Simsport; from which point they were to march by land to Alexandria, where the junction with Banks's army was to be made. The Eastport (Lieutenant-Commander S. L. Phelps), Osage (Lieutenant-Commander T. O. Selfridge), Fort Hindman (Acting-Master John Pearce), and Cricket (Lieutenant H. H. Gorringe) were ordered to go ahead and clear the obstructions that were known to exist below Fort De Russy, a strong fortification constructed by the Confederates earlier in the war, recently strengthened, and now armed with heavy guns in casemates protected with railroad iron. Fort De Russy was captured by the navy in the first movement up the Red River in May, 1863, but was afterward abandoned when the army marched to Port Hudson (see Vol. III.
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., The Mississippi flotilla in the Red River expedition. (search)
Act. V. Lieutenant E. Morgan, 4 24-pounder S. B. howitzers, 2 12-pounder rifled howitzers, 2 30-pounder Parrotts. Juliet, Acting Master J. S. Watson, 6 24-pounder S. B. howitzers. Other vessels. Lexington, Lieut. George M. Bache, 4 8-inch, 2 30-pounder Parrotts, 1 32-pounder. Black Hawk (flag-ship), Lieut.-Com. K. R. Breese, 2 30-pounder Parrotts, 8 24-pounder S. B. howitzers, 2 12-pounder rifled howitzers, 112-pounder S. B. howitzer, 2 Union repeating guns, 1 Parmenter battery gun. Benefit (naval transport), Lieut.-Com. S. W. Terry. Covington, Act. V. Lieut. George P. Lord, 4 24-pounder howitzers, 1 2-pounder howitzer, 2 30-pounder Parrotts, 2 50-pounder Dahlgren rifles. Ouachita, Lieut.-Com. Byron Wilson, 5 30-pounder Parrotts, 18 24-pounder S. B. howitzers, 15 12-pounder S. B. howitzers, 1 12-pounder rifled howitzer. Fort Hindman, Act. V. Lieut. John Pearce, 6 8-inch, 1 12-pounder howitzer. On the Mississippi River hospital-boat D. A. January. from a War-time sketch.