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The Daily Dispatch: September 2, 1863., [Electronic resource], The capture of gunboats on the Rappahannock. (search)
The capture of gunboats on the Rappahannock. [Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.] Port Royal, Aug. 28, 1863. Some two weeks ago a party of seamen, armed to the teeth and accompanied by four splendid boats, left the city of Richmond on the Mechanicville road. Their destination was a matter of conjecture, and more than one anxious quidnunc puzzled his brain over the problem. The quickened imagination of a curious man soon works out a troublesome secret, and before half the day had elapsed I was regaled with a dozen different accounts, each of them undoubtedly correct. It may seem singular that when the Secretary of the Navy gave me orders to join the party he did not take me into his confidence, and I was therefore as ignorant about the matter as about the plans of Gen. Lee. I must confess, then, to a certain amount of interest in the stories confidentially whispered into my buttonhole, and I listened attentively to the recital of disasters about to befall me, and saw
The Daily Dispatch: September 2, 1863., [Electronic resource], On board steamer Satellite, (search)
cables on board. Taking the three in tow we ran up to Urbanna again, and let go anchors. As the Reliance had but a few bushels of coal left she was sent up to Port Royal that morning, but, since our capture of the Golden Rod, she was ordered to return. Running the Satellite alongside the schooner we took on board coal to lahis morning the storm cleared away, but the weather was chilly and the river rough. A pilot was obtained from the shore and preparations were made to run up to Port Royal, where the steamers and the prizes could be dismantled. The larger schooner drew eleven feet of water, and this the pilot thought too much to be gotten up withesented us was beautiful beyond description, and will linger long in some niche of the mind where memory shall hang it. A short run from here brought us to Port Royal. There some of our troops were stationed, with a battery of artillery. We were hailed from the banks and warned not to surprise it for fear of receiving a few