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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 8. (ed. Frank Moore) 296 8 Browse Search
Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War. 64 0 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 54 0 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) 48 0 Browse Search
William F. Fox, Lt. Col. U. S. V., Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865: A Treatise on the extent and nature of the mortuary losses in the Union regiments, with full and exhaustive statistics compiled from the official records on file in the state military bureaus and at Washington 44 0 Browse Search
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3. 24 0 Browse Search
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4. 22 0 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 3. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 20 0 Browse Search
Adam Badeau, Military history of Ulysses S. Grant from April 1861 to April 1865. Volume 2 18 0 Browse Search
Adam Badeau, Military history of Ulysses S. Grant from April 1861 to April 1865. Volume 3 18 0 Browse Search
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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 8. (ed. Frank Moore), Doc. 3.-attack on the defences of Mobile. (search)
attack on the defences of Mobile. Report of rear-admiral Farragut. flag-ship Hartford, Mobile Bay, Aug. 5, 1864. sir: I have the honor to report to the Department that this morning I entered Mobile Bay, passing between Forts Morgan and Gaines, and encountering the rebel ram Tennessee and gunboats of the enemy, namely, Selma, Morgan, and Gaines. The attacking fleet was under way by fo Your despatch of the fifth instant, stating that you had, on the morning of that day, entered Mobile Bay, passing between Forts Morgan and Gaines, and encountering and overcoming the rebel fleet, I h levelled his guns against the flag which it was his duty to have defended. The possession of Mobile Bay, which you have acquired, will close the illicit traffic which has been carried on by running nks, and those of the Government and country. Very respectfully, etc., Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy. Rear-Admiral David G. Farragut, Commanding West Gulf Blockading Squadron, Mobile Bay.
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 8. (ed. Frank Moore), Surrender of Fort Powell. (search)
G. Farragut. U. S. Flag-ship Hartford, Mobile Bay, Aug. 12, 1864. sir: I had the honor to fag-Ship Hartford. U. S. flag-ship Hartford, Mobile Bay, Aug. 8, 1864. sir: I respectfully beg leder J. H. Strong. U. S. S. Monongahela, Mobile Bay, Aug. 6, 1864. sir: I have the honor to rmmanding Monongahela. U. S. S. Monongahela, Mobile Bay, Aug. 5, 1864. sir: I have to report thatn, Mobile Bay, Ala. U. S. steamer Seminole, Mobile Bay, Aug. 6, 1864. sir: I have to report thatT. H. Stevens. U. S. Monitor Winnebago, Mobile Bay, Aug. 6, 1864. To Rear-Admiral D. G. FarraguG. H. Perkins. U. S. Monitor Chickasaw, Mobile Bay, Aug. 7, 1864. sir: I have the honor to sebel ram Tennessee. flag-ship Hartford, Mobile Bay, August 6, 1864. gentlemen: You will pleaconduct as captain of a gun in the action in Mobile Bay, on the morning and forenoon of August fifth. G. Farragut, Commanding W. G. B. Squadron, Mobile Bay. Report of casualties in the fleet in th[136 more...]
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 8. (ed. Frank Moore), Loss of the monitor Tecumseh. (search)
Loss of the monitor Tecumseh. Report of rear-admiral D. G. Farragut. flag-ship Hartford, W. G. B. Squadron, Mobile Bay, August 27, 1864. sir: I have the honor to forward herewith (marked No. 1) a copy of a report made to me by Acting Masters C. F. Langley and Gardner Cottrell, two of the survivors of the iron-clad Tecumseh, and in which are given the names of six men who were saved in the same boat, namely: S. S. Shinn, Gunner's Mate; Jno. Gould, Quarter-Gunner; Frank Commins, seaman; Richard Collins, seaman; and Peter Parks, seaman. These officers are certainly in error in their statement that a row of buoys stretched from the shore a distance of one to two hundred yards. We now know, that the channel adjacent to the shore was entirely clear of torpedoes, and that the latter were placed between the two large buoys, to which I have referred in my reports. In addition to the persons named in this report as saved, the boat from the Metacomet, under Acting Ensign Nields