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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 19. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 152 4 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 20. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 33 1 Browse Search
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles. Volume 1. 33 1 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) 24 2 Browse Search
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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 4. (ed. Frank Moore) 18 0 Browse Search
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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles. Volume 1., chapter 15.60 (search)
. In reply to my suggestion that Naval-Constructor John L. Porter and Chief-Engineer William P. Wile was permitted to return to the yard. Messrs. Porter and Williamson were ordered to Richmond focretary and myself on the 23d of June, 1861. Mr. Porter brought and submitted to the secretary a mod the plan, to be filed in the department. Messrs. Porter and Williamson were directed to ascertain he old hull remained to carry out the plan. Mr. Porter and I thought the draught too great, but tha the views above stated. Mr. Williamson and Mr. Porter returned to Norfolk, the former to adapt andnstruction of guns, etc. On the 11th of July Mr. Porter submitted to the secretary drawings, based uhief Engineer; John M. Brooke, Lieutenant; John L. Porter, Naval Constructor. I returned immediaand plans of the constructor and engineer, Messrs. Porter and Williamson. As time is of the first iilliamson superintended the machinery, and John L. Porter the construction of the hull. The accompa[7 more...]
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., chapter 13.93 (search)
on down the stream to Plymouth, and taking advantage of the shadow of the trees on the north side of the river, opposite the town, we watched the Federal transports taking on board the women and children who were being sent away for safety, on account of the approaching bombardment. With muffled oars, and almost afraid to Plan of the Albemarle. The Albemarle, built at Edwards's Ferry, on the Roanoke, thirty miles below Weldon, by Gilbert Elliott, according to the plans of Chief Constructor John L. Porter, C. S. N., was of solid pine frame timbers, each 8 x 10 inches thick, dovetailed together, and sheathed with 4-inch plank. The Albemarle was 122 feet long, 45 feet beam, and drew 8 feet. The Albemarle's shield, octagonal in form, was 60 feet long, and was protected by two layers of 2-inch iron plating. The prow, or ram, was of solid oak, plated with 2-inch iron, tapering to an edge. She had two engines of 200 horse-power each. Captain J. W. Cooke, C. S. N. breathe, we ma
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 4. (ed. Frank Moore), Doc. 82.-fight in Hampton roads, Va., March 8th and 9th, 1862. (search)
nt then ordered Chief-Engineer Williamson and Constructor Porter, from the navy-yard at Norfolk, to Richmond, subject generally, and to aid in the work. Constructor Porter brought and submitted the model of a flat-bot and ends, which is deposited in the department. Mr. Porter and Lieut. Brooke have adopted for their casemateinclination nearly identical. Mr. Williamson and Mr. Porter approved of the plan of having submerged ends to d the design, and a clean drawing was prepared by Mr. Porter of Lieutenant Brooke's plan, which that officer trtment directed Mr. Williamson, Lieut. Brooke and Mr. Porter to consider and report upon the best mode of makiM. Brooke, Lieutenant Confederate States Navy; John L. Porter, Naval Constructor. Immediately upon the adoption of the plan, Porter was directed to proceed with the constructor's duties. Mr. Williamson was charged e ship, with the details pertaining to ordnance. Mr. Porter cut the ship down, submerged her ends, performed
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), The birth of the ironclads (search)
and able designers, William P. Williamson, John L. Porter, and John M. Brooke, was being rushed to cs at Alexandria, in the Red River expedition. Porter pronounced her turret all right but considered of iron plating on her fifteen inches of oak. Porter had discovered, in running the batteries at Vi Engineer William P. Williamson, and Lieutenant John L. Porter, chief constructor of the Confederatom Mallory, addressed to Flag-Officer Forrest, Porter and Williamson are mentioned as being the cons, were among the most powerful on the rivers. Porter took both with him up the Red River. On the r flotilla at Fort Pillow. She was sent by Admiral Porter on the famous land cruise up the Yazoo, wh, Mississippi. In May, 1863, she was with Admiral Porter on the first Red River expedition and distt on Vicksburg from the north, and she was Admiral Porter's flagship when he ran by the batteries atwere full of the spirit of adventure, said Admiral Porter. Scorning the cover of darkness, they got[1 more...]
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), The most famous naval action of the Civil war (search)
solutely thrown away. Maybe some of the knowing ones read this bit of news with reservations, for it was customary and perfectly honorable to deceive the enemy --as well as the public — in the daily press. No one knew better than Naval Constructor John L. Porter, Chief Engineer William P. Williamson, Lieutenants William L. Powell and John M. Brooke that her construction was a success. As for her officers, Flag-Officer Buchanan and Lieutenant Catesby ap R. Jones, her executive officer, they and circumstance. Her hull was all that was left of one of the gallant old fighting frigates built soon after the United States became a nation. The men who planned and superintended her construction were skilled officers of the old navy — John L. Porter and William P. Williamson. Her armament was prepared by another veteran, John M. Brooke, and consisted in part of his own invention, the Brooke rifled gun. She was built at a national navy-yard at Norfolk; and had this not fallen into the ha
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 23: civil officers. (search)
kes, 1871, 1872. Wm. L. Lockhart, 1871. Charles R. Patch, 1871, 1872. Warren G. Roby, 1871. Elected July 1, 1871, in place of Ezra Parmenter, resigned. Alonzo R. Smith, 1871. John H. Swiney, Elected May 15, 1871, in place of Wm. L. Lockhart, resigned. 1871, 1872. Francis H. Whitman, 1871-1873. James A. Woolson, 1871. Sumner J. Brooks, 1872. George B. Hamlin, 1872. Joseph G. Holt, 1872. Thomas L. Huckins, 1872. Harrison W. Huguley, 1872. Francis Ivers, 1872, 1873. John L. Porter, 1872. Thomas L. Smith, 1872. John Stone, 1872, 1873, 1875. Joseph A. Wellington, 1872. John Clary, 1873-1876. Frank Corcoran, 1873, 1874. G. C. W. Fuller, 1873. Thomas Grieves, 1873. Leander M. Hannum, 1873. George H. Howard, 1873, 1874. John F. Hudson, 1873. Samuel L. Montage, 1873, 1874. Edward H. Norton, 1873, 1874. George F. Piper, 1873-1875. Charles C. Read, 1873, 1874. Richard F. Tobin, 1873. Thomas H. Emerson, 1874. John J. Fatal, 1874. Alexander Frazer
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 19. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The Virginia, or Merrimac: her real projector. (search)
nverting of the Merrimac into an iron-clad. Mr Porter says: In your issue of Sunday last, innt ordered Chief Engineer Williamson and Constructor Porter from the navy yard at Norfolk to Richmondispatch. Chief Engineer Williamson and Constructor Porter, severally in charge of the two branchesination nearly identical. Mr. Williamson and Mr. Porter approved of the plan of having submerged endoke, Lieutenant, Confederate States Navy, John L. Porter, Naval Constructor. Immediately upon and plans of the constructor and engineer, Mrs. Porter and Williamson. S. R. Mallory, Secretary Cesign of the engines. The Secretary says: Mr. Porter cut the ship down, submerged her ends, perfove been cut much lower than my plan. Constructor Porter knew that the depth of submergence was thief-Engineer Confederate States Navy, and John L. Porter, Constructor Confederate States Navy, the iable testimony thus given be much shaken by Mr. Porter's flippant answer to the question why he he [66 more...]
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 19. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.62 (search)
army was in superb condition, hardened by almost daily combat with an army more than twice its force. It was equal to any army that ever fought on any field. Its general officers were unequaled. Hardee was its senior corps commander, Stephen D. Lee and A. P. Stewart were the lieutenant-generals, and among the division and brigade commanders was an extraordinary array of able men, John C. Breckinridge, Frank Cheathamn, Cleburne, Stevenson, John C. Brown, Walthall, Loring, Hindman, Wheeler, Porter, were there—and to-day assembled in the Senate are Morgan, Gibson, Cockrell, Eustace, Berry, Walthall and George, who were of that great army, and with them the noble war governor of Tennessee, Isham C. Harris. No such assemblage of men of intellect ever before controlled any army. Unfortunately Forrest, Frank Armstrong and Bud Jackson were not with Johnston then, or Sherman would never have made his cruel raid as he did. A striking proof of the greater tenacity of American troops is
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 19. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Index (search)
Jackson, 370. Opie. Major J. N., How he led a Federal charge, 251 Owen, Fort, 68. Owen, Colonel, Wm. Miller, 35. Page, Thomas Nelson, on The Social Life of Old Virginia, 126. Pastimes in Federal Prisons, 35. Peacock, Lieutenant G J., 270. Pelham, Major, John, 281. Peninsula Campaign 60. Perkins, Captain G. H., 81. Peterkin. D. D., Rev. Joshua, 188. Philosophical Society of Virginia, 125. Pickett Camp Confederate Veterans, Geo. E, 100 Pleasants, John, 129. Porter, John L., Naval Constructor, 3. Prisons, North and South, Mortality in, 47, 190. Prison Times, issued in Fort Delaware, 35. Pulliam, Samuel H., 406. Quakers in Virginia, First to influence Religious freedom, 129. Randolph Thomas Mann and his daughters, 327. Randolph Wm., Distinguished Descendents of, 135. Ray, Rev. George H., Address of, 392. Reams's Station, Battle at, 113. Richmond College, Geographical and Historical Society of, 125. Richmond, Evacuation of, 330; Soc
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 20. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.1 (search)
3. That Chief Engineer Williamson and Constructor Porter were ordered to report in Richmond aboutd in the work. 4. That Mr. Williamson and Mr. Porter approved the plan of having submerged ends tability, and a clean drawing was prepared by Mr. Porter of Lieutenant Brooke's plan, which that offi That Mr. Williamson, Lieutenant Brooke, and Mr. Porter reported that the Merrimac could be utilizedthe ship, the Secretary further replies: Mr. Porter cut the ship down, submerged her ends, perfocretary Mallory further states that when Constructor Porter came to Richmond, as previously stated, about June 23d, Constructor Porter brought and submitted the model of a flat-bottomed, light-draughtends, which is deposited in the department. Mr. Porter and Lieutenant Brooke have adopted for theirotes this similarity between Brooke's plan and Porter's model, he would have noted further similaritouse of Representatives was made public, Constructor Porter, in an open letter, contested his award [2 more...]
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