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Washington (United States) (search for this): chapter 6
ter, 181. Union raiders in North Carolina, 183. siege of little Washington, 184. preparations to attack Charleston, 185. seizure of the pl of lost posts. One of these attempts was made at the village of Washington, on the Little Pamlico River, then held by a small land force und Early in November, 1862. he moved with the bulk of his army to Washington, and thence marched, by way of Williamson (near which he had a skwithin a short distance of the Confederate batteries, and reached Washington in safety. On the 8th of April, General Spinola led an expeditiles. Before morning the little vessel, somewhat bruised, reached Washington April 14. with its precious freight. On her return the next niget about organizing an expedition competent to raise the siege of Washington, but before he could put the troops in motion, Hill abandoned theGeneral O. M. Mitchel, who, as we have observed, was called to Washington City from Tennessee, See page 304, volume II. was appointed to s
Lookout Valley (Wisconsin, United States) (search for this): chapter 6
dually ascended, and in some places skirted the margin of the river, high above its bed. We soon reached one of the deep mountain gorges through which Hooker passed, See page 152. and crossed it upon delicate trestle-work two hundred feet in air above the stream that passed through it,, the, whole trembling fearfully as our heavy train moved over it at a very slow pace. Then we were among the lofty hills of the Raccoon mountains, and in a little while descended by a gentle grade into Lookout Valley, crossed the: Lookout Creek at Wauhatchie, swept along the margin of the Tennessee, at the foot of Lookout Mountain, and arrived at Chattanooga at sunset, where. we took lodgings at the Crutchfield House. A letter of introduction to the Rev. Thomas B. Van Horn, post-chaplain, at Chattanooga, gave us a valuable friend, and a competent guide to historical places during the two or three days we were in that town and its vicinity. He was then in charge of the National Cemetery near Chat
Mississippi (Mississippi, United States) (search for this): chapter 6
al Humphreys's brigade of Mississippians, and a brigade composed of the remains of Anderson's and Bryant's, consisting of South Carolina and Georgia regiments. The leader of the Mississippi troops was the present (1868) Governor Humphreys, of Mississippi. These were picked men, the flower of Longstreet's army; and, in obedience to orders, one brigade pressed forward to the close assault, two brigades supporting it, while two others watched the National line, and kept up a continual fire. The into the fight, The Augusta, Quaker City, Memphis, and Housatonic when the Memphis towed the Keystone out of danger. The assailants then retreated toward Charleston, where Beauregard, then in command there, Pemberton had been ordered to Mississippi. and Ingraham, flag-officer commanding naval forces of South Carolina, proclaimed, without the shadow of truth, the blockade of Charleston to be raised by a superior force of the Confederate States. Not a single vessel of the blockading squad
Hill's Point (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 6
kade, or land and capture Hill's batteries. Consent was given, and in the transport steamer Escort, Captain Wall, they left New Berne at midnight, accompanied by General Palmer, Lieutenant Hoffman, of Foster's staff, and Colonel McChesney, of the First Loyal North Carolinians. They reached the flotilla of National gun-boats, assembled below the Confederate batteries, These had carried about 8,000 troops, under General Prince, who was ordered by Foster to land and capture a battery on Hill's Point. Believing it to be impracticable, Prince refused to undertake it. without difficulty, and on the night of the 13th of April--a still and beautiful night — the Escort, under cover of a heavy fire from the flotilla upon the land batteries, went boldly up the river with its load of supplies and troops. Guided by the stakes planted by McDermot, she pushed on, and gallantly ran the gauntlet of sharp-shooters, who swarmed the banks, and several light field-batteries, for about six miles. Bef
Fort Hill (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 6
Galpin, east of Second Creek, in memory of Lieutenant Galpin, Second Michigan. Fort Comstock, on Summit Hill, in memory of Lieutenant-Colonel Comstock, Seventeenth Michigan. Battery Wiltsie, west of Gay Street, in memory of Captain Wiltsie, Twentieth Michigan. Fort Huntington Smith, on Temperance Hill, in memory of Lieutenant Huntington Smith, Twentieth Michigan. Battery Clifton Lee, east of Fort H. Smith, in memory of Captain Clifton Lee, One Hundred and Twelfth Illinois Mounted Infantry. Fort Hill, at the extreme eastern point of the Union lines, in memory of Captain Hill, Twelfth Kentucky Cavalry. Battery Fearns, on Flint Hill, in memory of Lieutenant and Adjutant C. W. Fearns, Forty-fifth Ohio Mounted Infantry. Battery Zoellner, between Fort Sanders and Second Creek, in memory of Lieutenant Frank Zoellner, Second Michigan. Battery Stearman, in the gorge between Temperance Hill and Mabrey's Hill, in memory of Lieutenant William Stearman, Thirteenth Kentucky. Fort Stanley, comprisin
Alabama (Alabama, United States) (search for this): chapter 6
h, and attempted to scale the parapet. One officer (Colonel McElroy) actually gained the summit, and planted the flag of the Thirteenth Mississippi there, but a moment afterward his body, pierced by a Operations in Tennessee, Georgia and Northern Alabama. dozen bullets, rolled, with his flag, into the ditch, which Benjamin's guns in the salient swept with a murderous enfilading fire. That hero actually took shells in his hand, ignited the fuses, and threw them over into the ditch with terrnd its vicinity. He was then in charge of the National Cemetery near Chattanooga, laid out under his directions, into which he was collecting the bodies of Union soldiers from the battle-fields of Southeastern Tennessee and Northern Georgia and Alabama, and from posts and stations within a circle from eighty to one hundred miles radius. Mr. Van Horn was residing, with his family, in the house not far from Grant's Headquarters, See page 151. which both Thomas and Sherman had occupied as suc
Augusta (Georgia, United States) (search for this): chapter 6
mter until daylight, when a proper signal was given, and she passed on unsuspected. When out of reach of Confederate batteries, Small raised a white flag and went out to the blockading squadron, where he gave up the vessel to the captain of the Augusta. That officer sent her with her pilot and crew to Dupont, who placed the families in safety at Beaufort, and took Small and his companions, with the vessel, into the service. In the autumn, when the white captain of that vessel refused to act aMercidita had three men killed and four wounded. The Keystone State had twenty men killed, chiefly by the steam, and twenty wounded. Day was now dawning, and the remainder of the blockading squadron, wide awake, dashed into the fight, The Augusta, Quaker City, Memphis, and Housatonic when the Memphis towed the Keystone out of danger. The assailants then retreated toward Charleston, where Beauregard, then in command there, Pemberton had been ordered to Mississippi. and Ingraham, flag-
Rhode Island (Rhode Island, United States) (search for this): chapter 6
ile these were pressing along the narrow strip of land by which, only, the battery might be reached, Lamar, who had been watching the movement, opened upon the column a murderous storm of grape and canister-shot from six masked guns. At the same time heavy volleys of musketry were poured upon their right flank. A severe struggle ensued, in which General Wright's troops participated. His command consisted of the brigades of Acting Brigadier-General Williams, composed of New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Pennsylvania troops, with a section of artillery; of Colonel Chatfield, composed of Connecticut and New York troops, and of Colonel Welsh, composed of Pennsylvania and New York troops, two sections of artillery, and a squadron of cavalry. To Williams's brigade were added the Ninety-seventh Pennsylvania Regiment and a section of Hamilton's battery, which did good service. It was soon found that the battery, protected by a strong abatis, a ditch seven feet in depth, a parapet seven fe
Station Creek, S. C. (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 6
n apparently competent force to make a speedy conquest of Charleston. February and March were spent in the final preparations by Dupont. The appointed place of rendezvous for his vessels was at the mouth of the North Edisto River, well up toward Charleston; and as fast as they were prepared at Hilton Head, For the purpose of saving to the service the time spent by vessels of the blockading squadron in going. North for repairs, Admiral Dupont established a floating machine-shop in Station Creek, near Hilton Head, where such work was done. He took two of the whale-ships which were sent down with the Stone fleet. (see page 128, volume I.), placed them side by side, and on one of them had a sort of house built, in which a steam-engine was put, with all the requisite machinery to be driven by it. The building was properly divided for different operations, as in ordinary machine-shops, such as pattern-room, boiler-makers' room, with heavy forges, brass-founders' room, &c. On the o
Secessionville (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 6
Charleston and Savannah railway at Pocotaligo, with a. view of cutting off communication between those cities. There he encountered a thousand Confederates well posted, but these were soon driven, and the railway was destroyed for several miles. Stevens then retired and joined the troops destined for the direct attack on Charleston. While these movements were going on, the Confederates, who much out-numbered the Nationals then on James's Island, were strengthening their position at Secessionville, a pleasant little group of the summer residences. of the James's Island planters, about two miles from the Stono, with salt water on three sides. It was upon a narrow ridge, with swamps bordering it, and accessible from the land only from the west. There, under the direction of Colonel J. G. Lamar, the Confederates constructed a formidable battery, which commanded the Union camp. Perceiving this, General Benham, See page 95, volume II. who had been left in command by General Hunt
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