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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 32. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 6 0 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 2. (ed. Frank Moore) 5 1 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 15. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 3 1 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: August 22, 1861., [Electronic resource] 3 1 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: February 19, 1862., [Electronic resource] 3 1 Browse Search
Joseph T. Derry , A. M. , Author of School History of the United States; Story of the Confederate War, etc., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 6, Georgia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 2 0 Browse Search
James D. Porter, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 7.1, Tennessee (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 1 1 Browse Search
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. L. Davis. Lieut.-Colonel...--Clarkson. Major...--Bacon. Adjutant...--Pearce. Companies. First company, Captain Semmes. Second company, Captain Pollock. Third company, Captain Jones. Fourth company, Captain A. R. Courtney. Seventh North Carolina regiment. Colonel...--Shaw. Major...E. D. Hall. Companies Cedar Creek company, Captain Nixon. Gray's Creek company, Captain Marsh. Pine Foresters, Captain Ray. Columbus Guard, Captain J. W. Ellis. Halifax Light Infantry, Capt. W. R. Pope. Dublin Rifles, Captain Thomas S. Keenan. Oak City Guard, Captain W. H. High. Gullford Grays, Captain John Sloan. Twenty-Fourth Georgia regiment. Colonel...--McMillan. Lieutenant Colonel...--Sanders. Major...R. E. McMullan. Companies. Glade Guard, Captain Poole. McMillan Guard, Captain Porte. Nachooe's Volunteer, Captain Leonard. Thomas's Guard, Captain Donovan. Banks Volunteers,
t gun range, the Sea Bird opened fire, followed by our other gunboats. The enemy replied briskly, at the same time steadily advancing. Finding the Sea Bird was the flag-ship of the squadron, the enemy directed his fire chiefly against her, and in a short time three or four well directed shots set her on fire and reduced her to a sinking condition.--By this time the enemy had succeeded in completely surrounding us, and the fight was now kept up between the enemy's shipping and the Sea Bird, Ellis, and Fanny, with muskets and pistols, interspersed with a few discharges of grape and canister, until our boats were boarded and such of their crews as remained overpowered by the swarms of Lincoln's hordes that crowded upon them on every side. The Sea Bird had not twenty effective men, and the steamer that boarded her had about one hundred and forty. The Fanny being very close in shore, succeeded in saving all her crew and the greater portion of the crew of the Ellis; the Sea Bird being f