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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 19. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.12 (search)
Capture and burning of the Federal gunboat Underwriter, in the Neuse, off Newbern, N. C., in February, 1864. by Dr. Daniel B. Conrad, formerly of U. S. And C. S. Navy.
Kansas city, Mo., June, 1891.
In January, 1864, the Confederate naval officers on duty in Richmond, Wilmington and Charleston were aroused by a telegram from the Navy Department to detail three boats' crews of picked men and officers, who were to be fully armed, equipped and rationed for six days; they were to start at once by rail for Weldon, North Carolina, reporting on arrival to Commander J. Taylor Wood, who would give further instructions.
So perfectly secret and well-guarded was our destination that not until we had all arrived at Kingston, North Carolina, by various railroads, did we have the slightest idea of where we were going or what was the object of the naval raid.
We suspected, however, from the name of its commander, that it would be nervous work, as he had a reputation for boarding, captur
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 19. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Capture of generals Crook Kelly Federal army. (search)
Capture of generals Crook and Kelly of the Federal army.
One of the Coolest deeds on record.
General Benjamin F. Kelly, of West Virginia, who died July 16, 1891, near Oakland, Md., was captured with General Crook at Cumberland, Md., during February, 1864, by a detachment of Neill's Rangers, led by Dr. J. L. Vandiver, a veterinarian, who resides at Millwood, Clarke county.
It was one of the most daring episodes of the war, as Cumberland was then occupied and surrounded by eight thousand Federal troops.
John Fay and Sprigg Lynn, who were members of Neill's command, lived in that city, and had been in the habit of making trips there.
They suggested the plan, which was carried out by Vandiver, who had under his charge fifty-seven men. The story often narrated by Vandiver, is briefly summed up as follows:
General Crook had just been assigned to the command of the department which embraced Cumberland, and had relieved the late General B. F. Kelly. General Kelly had not yet lef
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 19. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), A plan to escape (search)