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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 6. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 125 (search)
n, Lieutenant Commander Abbott, and Commander Leroy; also, the reports of the casualties on board the Mercedita and the Keystone State. On the Mercedita there were four killed and three wounded, and on the Keystone State twenty killed and twenty wounded. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, S. F. Du Pont, Rear-Admiral. To the Hon. Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy. Commander Stellwagen's report. United States steamer Mercedita, Port Royal, January 31, 1863. Rear-Admiral S. F. Du Pont: sir: I have to report that at half-past 4 this morning two iron-clad rams from Charleston, in the obscurity of a thick haze, and the moon having just set, succeeded in passing the bar near the ship channel, unperceived by the squadron, and made an attack upon it, this ship being the first encountered. Particular vigilance was exhibited by the officers and crew in the expectation of a vessel to run the blockade. At three o'clock in the morning we had slipped our cable and
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 6. (ed. Frank Moore), Rebel reports and Narratives. (search)
hese gentlemen. The entire regiment can substantiate the above facts, and burn with indignation that individuals occupying high stations, as they do, should resort to such base fabrications to prop up a failing cause. We have the honor, sir, to be Your most obedient servants, A. A. Lechler, Col. Com'g One Hundred and Seventy-sixth Regiment Pennsylvania Militia. W. F. Fundenberg, Surgeon One Hundred and Seventy-sixth Regt. Pa. Mil. ----Newberry, Captain Steamship Cossack. To Rear-Admiral S. F. Du Pont, Commanding South-Atlantic Blockading Squadron. Charleston courier account. Charleston, February 2, 1863. The countenances of the dwellers in our ancient city have not beamed with so bright a light as they did on Saturday morning, since the joyous news was passed from mouth that Major Anderson had struck his flag, and Fort Sumter had yielded to General Beauregard. We annex the account of an eye-witness: At eleven o'clock, Friday night, the gunboat Palmetto State, Ca
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 6. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 137 (search)
ete destruction of the Nashville, I, preceded by the wooden vessels, dropped down beyond the range of the enemy's guns. In so doing, a torpedo exploded under this vessel, inflicting, however, but little injury. I beg leave, therefore, to congratulate you, sir, upon this final disposition of a vessel which has so long been in the minds of the public as a troublesome pest. I am, very respectfully, Your obedient servant, John L. Worden, Commanding Senior Officer present. To Rear-Admiral S. F. Du Pont, Commanding S. A. Blockading Squadron, Port Royal, S. C. Account by a participant. U. S. Steamer Montauk, Big Ogeechee River, Ga., Friday, February 27, 1863. As you are aware, the object of the blockading fleet at Ossabaw was to prevent the escape of the Nashville to sea again. Little more than two weeks ago she came from her position near the railroad bridge of the Savannah and Florida Railroad, which is about twelve miles up the river Ogeechee, and took a new positio
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 6. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 168 (search)
of the turret to stoppage of revolution, by fouling and otherwise, it will always remain a fatal defect. And, indeed, it seems as though the dependence of the working of the monitors on nice mechanical contrivances and combinations, must seriously interfere with obtaining the best results from them. W. S. --New-York Times. Correspondence between Major-General Hunter and Admiral Du Pont. Headquarters Department of the South, United States transport Ben Deford, April 8, 1863. Admiral S. F. Du Pont, Flag-Ship New Ironsides, off Fort Sumter: Admiral: Not knowing what have been the results of your attack of yesterday, so far as Fort Sumter is concerned, I cannot but congratulate you upon the magnificent manner in which the vessels under your command fought. A mere spectator, I could do nothing but pray for you, which, believe me, I did most heartily, for you and all the gallant men under your command, who sailed so calmly and fearlessly into and under and through a concentr