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Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War., Chapter 8: capture of Fernandina and the coast South of Georgia. (search)
th of Georgia. Reconnoitering along the coast. Confederates evacuate their defences on Tybee and Warsaw Islands. a General stampede. the effect of Dupont's victory. lost opportunities. ates burn saw-mills and other property. Dupont returns to Port Royal. planting batteries on Tybee Island. the Navy take part in the bombardment and capture of Fort Pulaski. cordiality between the ommander John Rodgers was sent with the Seneca and Paulina to examine the enemy's defences on Tybee Island, in the Savannah River, and ascertained that all the works in that quarter had been abandoned his absence from Port Royal, the Army had planted batteries of rifled guns and Columbiads on Tybee Island for the purpose of reducing Fort Pulaski: but as this was purely a military operation, the Flve one of the breaching batteries. The detachment under Commander C. R. P. Rodgers reached Tybee Island on the 10th of April, just before the firing commenced, but too late to take part in it that
Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War., Chapter 9: operations of Admiral Dupont's squadron in the sounds of South Carolina. (search)
t close around that pugnacious fort; and by cutting off all communication with the interior of the State, through the large rivers that communicated with it, with a few gunboats would remain masters of the situation. Commander C. R. P. Rodgers was employed to make a reconnoissance of Warsaw Inlet, in order to ascertain the position and force of the enemy's battery there, which information was desired by the Commanding-General of our military forces, in anticipation of landing troops on Tybee Island. On approaching within a mile of the fort, and seeing neither men nor guns, Lieutenant Barnes was sent up with a flag of truce to examine the place, and found it evacuated. It was a heavy work,with platforms for eight guns. But the guns had been removed, the platforms cut and the magazine blown up. The expedition (consisting of the gun-boats the Ottawa, Seneca, and Pembina) then pushed on to Cabbage Island, where another battery was expected to be found. The vessels went to the
Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War., Chapter 33: (search)
ing United States Naval Expedition, Southern Coast, U. S. N. America. The capture of Tybee Island, Georgia. Flag-Ship Wabash, Port Royal Harbor, Nov. 25, 1861. Sir — I have the honor toructed to push his reconnoissance so far as to form. an approximate estimate of the force on Tybee Island, and of the possibility of gaining access to the inner bar; and further, if the information ato me immediately. I was not surprised when he came back and reported that the defences on Tybee Island had probably been abandoned. Deeming it proper, however, to add the Seneca, Lieutenant Commaight, and that the Savannah has been ordered to take the same position. The abandonment of Tybee Island, on which there is a strong Martello tower, with a battery at its base, is due to the terror eauregard and Walker, and is a direct fruit of the victory of the 7th inst. By the fall of Tybee Island, the reduction of Fort Pulaski, which is within easy mortar distance, becomes only a question
Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War., Letters relating to the battle of Port Royal and occupation of the Confederate forts. (search)
ing United States Naval Expedition, Southern Coast, U. S. N. America. The capture of Tybee Island, Georgia. Flag-Ship Wabash, Port Royal Harbor, Nov. 25, 1861. Sir — I have the honor toructed to push his reconnoissance so far as to form. an approximate estimate of the force on Tybee Island, and of the possibility of gaining access to the inner bar; and further, if the information ato me immediately. I was not surprised when he came back and reported that the defences on Tybee Island had probably been abandoned. Deeming it proper, however, to add the Seneca, Lieutenant Commaight, and that the Savannah has been ordered to take the same position. The abandonment of Tybee Island, on which there is a strong Martello tower, with a battery at its base, is due to the terror eauregard and Walker, and is a direct fruit of the victory of the 7th inst. By the fall of Tybee Island, the reduction of Fort Pulaski, which is within easy mortar distance, becomes only a question