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Doc. 165.-the Sabine pass expedition. Congratulatory order from Gen. Magruder. see Dec. 125, page 425, ante. headquarters District of Texas, New-Mexico, and Arizona, Houston, Tex., Sept.the satisfaction of announcing to.the army a brilliant victory, won by the little garrison of Sabine Pass against the fleet of the enemy. Attacked by five gunboats, the fort, mounting but three gunsbt intending a landing at the first favorable moment. He may endeavor to retrieve his losses at Sabine by an attack upon the works at other points on the coast. Should this be the case, the Major-Ge points as cheering a report as that which he now communicates to the army from the defenders of Sabine. III. The result of the engagement had with the enemy's fleet on the coast of Texas proves tr the forces on land, be attacked, the troops need but remember the success of their comrades at Sabine, emulate their courage and skill, and victory will be the result. By command of Major-General
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., chapter 5.75 (search)
edition, composed of the Kensington and Rachel Seaman, under Acting-Master Frederick Crocker, was sent in September to Sabine Pass, a point of great importance in blockade-running operations on account of the neighboring railroad, and at that time under purely formal blockade. Crocker ascended the river, captured the fort at Sabine City, destroyed the railroad bridge, and broke up a Confederate camp. Raids in the passes resulted in the capture of the steamer Dan and the schooner Velocity, whHatteras away from her consorts, sank her in a fifteen-minute fight. On the 21st of January the blockading force at Sabine Pass, composed of the sailing-ship Morning Light, and the schooner Velocity, was attacked by two cotton-clad steamers, and, Cayuga. After the fall of Port Hudson, General Banks took up the question of Texas. His first plan was to land at Sabine Pass and strike the railroad. The expedition was composed of troops under Franklin, and the Clifton, Sachem, Granite City,
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., The capture of Port Hudson. (search)
fully the later campaigns that centered about Chattanooga and Atlanta; but for reasons avowedly political rather than military, the Government ordered, instead, an attempt to plant the flag at some point in Texas. The unaccountable failure at Sabine Pass followed, In September a detachment of the Nineteenth Corps, under Franklin, convoyed by the navy, was sent by sea to effect a landing at Sabine Pass, and thence operate against Houston and Galveston; but the gun-boats meeting with a disastss followed, In September a detachment of the Nineteenth Corps, under Franklin, convoyed by the navy, was sent by sea to effect a landing at Sabine Pass, and thence operate against Houston and Galveston; but the gun-boats meeting with a disaster in an encounter with the Confederate batteries, the expedition returned to New Orleans without having accomplished anything.--R. B. I. then the occupation of the Texan coast by the Thirteenth Corps. So the favorable moment passed and 1863 wore away.
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., The Red River campaign. (search)
mode of carrying out the object; the selection of the route was, however, left to General Banks, but as to the movement itself he was distinctly told there was no choice and that the views of the Government must be carried out. General Halleck's own opinion of the relative value of the Mobile and Texas campaigns is indicated in his dispatch to General Banks of July 24th: I think Texas much the most important. The first attempt to carry then out led to the unfortunate expedition to Sabine Pass, in September [see Vol. III., p. 598], the object of which was to gain a footing on the coast by surprise. Its summary failure put that idea out of the question, and the route proposed by General Halleck being at that moment quite impracticable, because the Red River is only navigable during a few weeks in the spring, General Banks at once concentrated his troops on the Teche for a renewal of the attempt by moving directly west across the prairie by way of Niblett's Bluff. However, it
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., Closing operations in the Gulf and western rivers. (search)
her. On the 3d of June Lieutenant-Commander W. E. Fitzhugh received the surrender of Lieutenant J. H. Carter and the Confederate naval forces under his command in the Red River. On the west Gulf coast the blockade continued until the end, several important cutting-out expeditions occurring during January and February. Among these the most noteworthy were the capture of the Delphina, January 22d, in Calcasieu River, by Lieutenant-Commander R. W. Meade; of the Pet and the Anna Sophia, February 7th, at Galveston, by an expedition organized by Commander J. R. M. Mullany; and of the Anna Dale, February 18th, at Pass Cavallo, by a party sent in by Lieutenant-Commander Henry Erben. After the surrender of Mobile, Admiral Thatcher turned his attention to the coast of Texas, and on May 25th Sabine Pass was evacuated. On the 2d of June Galveston surrendered, and the war on the Texas coast came to an end. The Levee at Nashville, looking down the Cumberland. From a War-time photograph.
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 2., Chapter 22: the siege of Vicksburg. (search)
view to the speedy restoration of the National authority in Texas. The task before him, as we shall observe, was much greater than was anticipated, and for a long time afterward Texas remained bound in chains. Even the important positions of Sabine Pass and Galveston, which the Government had repossessed, were wrested from it within a month after Banks's arrival. Let us see how it happened. We have observed how Galveston was surrendered to Commodore Renshaw without resistance, See pageisparity in their power. The Hatteras was sunk, but her crew were saved, and the Alabama went into the friendly British port of Kingston, Jamaica, for repairs. Ten days later two National gun-boats (Morning Light and Velocity,) blockading the Sabine Pass, were attacked by two Confederate steamers (John Bell and Uncle Ben) that came down the Sabine. They were driven out to sea and captured, with guns, prisoners, and a large amount of stores. And so when Grant was beginning the siege of Vick
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3., Chapter 7: the siege of Charleston to the close of 1863.--operations in Missouri, Arkansas, and Texas. (search)
Louisiana, 219. events near Donaldsonville, 220. expedition to Sabine Pass, 221. Nationals repulsed at Sabine Pass expedition to the Rio Sabine Pass expedition to the Rio Grande, 223. possession of the Texan harbors, 224. War with the Sioux Indians, 225. There was comparative quiet along the coasts of Sout he fitted out an expedition to make a lodgment on Texas soil at Sabine City, at the Sabine Pass. This is the name of the outlet from SabiSabine Pass. This is the name of the outlet from Sabine Lake into the Gulf of Mexico. Sabine Lake is an expansion of the Sabine River, about five miles from its entrance into the Gulf of Mexico alin as leader, who was instructed to land them a few miles below Sabine Pass, and then move directly upon Confederate works, if any were foun Instead of following his instructions, to land lis troops below Sabine Pass, Franklin arranged with Crocker to have the gun-boats make a dirof September, the gun-boats and trans. ports crossed the bar at Sabine Pass, and in the afternoon the Clifton, Sachem, and Arizona, went up
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3., Chapter 9: the Red River expedition. (search)
Chapter 9: the Red River expedition. Object of the Red River expedition, 251. plan of the expedition, 252. land and naval forces for the expedition, at Simms's Port, 253. the expedition to Alexandria Franklin's overland March the rapids at Alexandria, 254. advance from Alexandria threatening dangers, 255. advance upon Shreveport, 256. the Trans-Mississippi Confederate Army approach to Sabine cross Roads, 257. battle at Sabine cross-roads, 258. battle of Pleasant Grove, 259. battle of Pleasant Hill, 261. retreat of the Nationals to Grand Ecore ordered, 262. retreat of the War vessels impeded, 263. the Army and Navy at Grand Ecore, 264. battle at Cane River, 265. a fight on the Red River, 266. the Red River Dam, 267. passage of the Red River rapids, 268. end of the Shreveport or Red River expedition, 269. General Steele's Army in Arkanass battle at Jenkinson's Ferry, 272. Steele's Army at little Rock, 273. Let us now look across the Mississippi Riv
between Van Dorn's forces and Col. Colburn's, 3.117; Van Dorn's attack on repulsed, 3.118; battle of, 3.421; visit of the author to the battle-field of, in 1866, 3.422. Franklin, Gen., at the battle of Fredericksburg, 2.491; failure of his Sabine Pass expedition, 3.221; in the Red River expedition, 3.253. Fredericksburg, Army of the Potomac set in motion toward, 2.486; position of the Confederates at, 2.487; battle of, 2.491-2.493; Early driven from by Sedgwick, 3.35. Frederickton, Mohot against Fort Sumter fired by, 1.320. Russell, William Howard, on the state of feeling in New York at the outbreak of the war, 1.358. Russia, attitude of the emperor of in 1861, 1.570. S. Sabine Gross-Roads, battle of, 3.257. Sabine Pass, Franklin's expedition against, 3.221. Sailor's Creek, surrender of Gen. Ewell at, 3.554. St. Augustine, surrender of to the Nationals, 2.321. St. Louis, Union and secession organizations in, 1.466; arms removed from the arsenal at, 1
Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War., Chapter 31: operations of Farragut's vessels on the coast of Texas, etc. (search)
st of Texas. gallant attack on Corpus Christi by Volunteer-Lieutenant Kittredge. Galveston, Sabine Pass and Corpus Christi fall into the Federal hands. an expedition of the Army and Navy defeated at Sabine Pass. Farragut blockades Red River in the Hartford. capture of the Diana by the Confederates. loss of the union gun-boat Barrataria. destruction of the Queen-of-the-west by Lieutenant-Cous, sounds, and island groups which extends from the mouth of the Mississippi as far west as Sabine Pass, and the difficult bars and channels leading to Galveston, Matagorda and Corpus Christi, wherKittredge was surprised and with his boat's crew captured while reconnoitering. Galveston, Sabine Pass and Corpus Christi fell into the Federal hands a short time afterwards; the former place beinte his appointment by a signal victory over the enemy, proposed a combined expedition against Sabine Pass, which had been retaken and fortified by the enemy. The defences on shore, it was supposed,