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Daniel Ammen, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 7.2, The Atlantic Coast (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 5 1 Browse Search
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Daniel Ammen, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 7.2, The Atlantic Coast (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 3: strategic Reconnoissances. (search)
ge the authority of the Government of the United States were they not in fear of violence from men of this character. To capture him 40 men were detailed from the Seneca, and a reserve of 30 men from the Patroon, under the command of Lieutenant John G. Sproston of the Seneca. The party landed at early daylight and proceeded rapidly to Huston's house. A negro woman saw the party and gave the alarm. Huston appeared at the door armed with a double-barrelled gun, two pistols and a bowie knife; to a demand to surrender he fired a pistol at Sproston within a few feet, killing him instantly. He fired the other pistol and the gun, wounding a sailor slightly, and was shot and bayonetted at the same time; he was brought on board and died within a day or two, his wounds being necessarily fatal. The party not having been thrown around the house, several persons escaped who had fired from it without effect. The death of this officer was a loss to the navy, and was deeply regretted by his m
Daniel Ammen, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 7.2, The Atlantic Coast (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Index. (search)
Shokokon, the, 196 Shuttleworth, Captain, 166 Simms, Mate, 237 Sketches: of the Atlanta, 119; of torpedo-boats, 140 Small, Robert, colored pilot of the Planter, 65, 67 Smith, Captain, Joseph, Chief of Yards and Docks, 3 Smith, Captain, Melancton, 204 et seq., 207, 210 Snell, Lieutenant-Commander, 70 Soley, Professor, volume of, 120 Sonoma, the, 152 et seq., 155 et seq. Southfield, the, 177 et seq., 189 et seq., 201 et seq., 212, 214 Speidel, Major, 46 Sproston, Lieutenant John G., killed, 69 Squadron, Mississippi, 216 Squadron, North Atlantic, 216 Squadron, West Gulf, 216 Star of the South, the, U. S. transport, 49 Stars and Stripes, the, U. S. vessel, 177, 189, 193 State fealty, 5 et seq. Steedman, Commander, Charles, 21, 70 et seq. Stellwagen, Captain F. S., 74 Stellwagen, Commander Henry S., 165, 171 Stephens, Alexander H., address of, 1 et seq., 246 Stettin, the, 80 et seq. Stevens, General I. L, 30, 4