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Hampton Roads (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 13
ty officer is the master-at-arms, who is really the chief of police of the ship; he has two assistants, who are called ship's corporals. Then come the quartermasters, who, with the captain of the forecastle, are supposed to be the best of the ship's seamen. The quartermasters, in time of action, steer the vessel, and in port, report to the Al fresco cooking on the famous monitor This is the deck of the original Monitor, with part of the crew that had participated in the fight in Hampton Roads. The savory smoke is blowing away from the fire, where the ship's cook is preparing the mid-day meal. The crew are awaiting the mess-call, and in the foreground are seated two of the fire-room force. There was one thing that the men on the monitors had a right to complain of: it was the intense heat generated between decks after a day's exposure to the sun. It was difficult to obtain proper ventilation in this class of vessel at the best. The wooden ships, with their high top sides,
Mississippi (United States) (search for this): chapter 13
the Arkansas, a few well-directed shots disabled her so that she became unmanageable. Porter, seeing his advantage, loaded with incendiary shells, but at the first discharge the Arkansas was seen to be already ablaze. Porter and his men redoubled their efforts. The Arkansas managed to get near enough in-shore to make fast but her cable burnt away, and drifting again into the current she blew up. The Essex had accomplished the destruction of the last Confederate ram operating on the Mississippi River. William young, gunner's mate of the Essex Four picked men gunners' crew of the Essex received large sums. If other vessels were in a certain radius of distance or attached to the same station, they also had a share in the money awarded by the prize-courts, and an escaping blockade-runner would remind one of a hare pursued by a heterogeneous pack of hounds — the swiftest to the fore, and then the lumbering, unwieldy boats bringing up the rear. Of the fifty-one thousand me
Fort Henry (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 13
in the battles of the gunboats. These men fought under Bill (Com. W. D.) Porter, elder brother of the admiral, in a ship named after the famous flagship of their father, Commodore David Porter, in the War of 1812. In that old namesake Farragut had his first training as a fighter and about the newer Essex there hung much of the spirit of the navy of former days. Aboard of her too there was abundant opportunity to exemplify that spirit as nobly as was ever done by sailors any-where. From Fort Henry till the fall of Port Hudson the Essex was always in the thick of the fight. One of the Essex's most important services came in the action of July 15, 1862. On Aug. 7 the Arkansas and two gunboats were lying above Baton Rouge ready to cooperate with the Confederate troops in a combined attack on that place. The troops with the aid of the Federal gunboats were defeated. Then Commander W. D. Porter started up-stream with the Essex. As he approached the Arkansas, a few well-directed shot
Baton Rouge (Louisiana, United States) (search for this): chapter 13
namesake Farragut had his first training as a fighter and about the newer Essex there hung much of the spirit of the navy of former days. Aboard of her too there was abundant opportunity to exemplify that spirit as nobly as was ever done by sailors any-where. From Fort Henry till the fall of Port Hudson the Essex was always in the thick of the fight. One of the Essex's most important services came in the action of July 15, 1862. On Aug. 7 the Arkansas and two gunboats were lying above Baton Rouge ready to cooperate with the Confederate troops in a combined attack on that place. The troops with the aid of the Federal gunboats were defeated. Then Commander W. D. Porter started up-stream with the Essex. As he approached the Arkansas, a few well-directed shots disabled her so that she became unmanageable. Porter, seeing his advantage, loaded with incendiary shells, but at the first discharge the Arkansas was seen to be already ablaze. Porter and his men redoubled their efforts.
United States (United States) (search for this): chapter 13
seaman, there are doubtless men from inland towns and farms who, flocking to the seaports, had chosen to enlist in the service. But there is another reason for the foreign-looking faces; the higher pay of the United States navy and the chance for adventure and prize money had caused a good many foreign ships to find it difficult to procure merchant-sailors. Englishmen, Swedes and Norwegians, Danes, Russians, Germans, Frenchmen, Spaniards, and Portugese were to be found on almost every United States ship. To a certain extent sea-language, so far as the terms and orders are concerned, are the same the world over. There was no educational qualification required. Some of the seamen could scarcely speak English. In the foreground is a marine and an able seaman playing the jack-tar's favorite game of checkers, while a bright-faced little powder-monkey, leaning picturesquely against the capstan, has looked up to pose for the camera man who has preserved this typical scene of the sailo
Mendota (Illinois, United States) (search for this): chapter 13
antly on the run from their divisions to the magazine. Under the break of the poop-deck behind the little lad are to be seen the cutlasses that every sailor wore in the old days and that have now disappeared from the service. The men of the Mendota : an idle hour on the after-deck Gathered here on the after-deck are the crew of the gunboat Mendota, some busy at banjo-playing, checkers, and other diversions more idle. More than one nationality is represented. Although there are many meMendota, some busy at banjo-playing, checkers, and other diversions more idle. More than one nationality is represented. Although there are many men who probably have followed no other calling than that of the seaman, there are doubtless men from inland towns and farms who, flocking to the seaports, had chosen to enlist in the service. But there is another reason for the foreign-looking faces; the higher pay of the United States navy and the chance for adventure and prize money had caused a good many foreign ships to find it difficult to procure merchant-sailors. Englishmen, Swedes and Norwegians, Danes, Russians, Germans, Frenchmen, S
Arkansas (Arkansas, United States) (search for this): chapter 13
the thick of the fight. One of the Essex's most important services came in the action of July 15, 1862. On Aug. 7 the Arkansas and two gunboats were lying above Baton Rouge ready to cooperate with the Confederate troops in a combined attack on thathe Federal gunboats were defeated. Then Commander W. D. Porter started up-stream with the Essex. As he approached the Arkansas, a few well-directed shots disabled her so that she became unmanageable. Porter, seeing his advantage, loaded with incendiary shells, but at the first discharge the Arkansas was seen to be already ablaze. Porter and his men redoubled their efforts. The Arkansas managed to get near enough in-shore to make fast but her cable burnt away, and drifting again into the cuArkansas managed to get near enough in-shore to make fast but her cable burnt away, and drifting again into the current she blew up. The Essex had accomplished the destruction of the last Confederate ram operating on the Mississippi River. William young, gunner's mate of the Essex Four picked men gunners' crew of the Essex received large sums. If othe
Port Hudson (Louisiana, United States) (search for this): chapter 13
s. These men fought under Bill (Com. W. D.) Porter, elder brother of the admiral, in a ship named after the famous flagship of their father, Commodore David Porter, in the War of 1812. In that old namesake Farragut had his first training as a fighter and about the newer Essex there hung much of the spirit of the navy of former days. Aboard of her too there was abundant opportunity to exemplify that spirit as nobly as was ever done by sailors any-where. From Fort Henry till the fall of Port Hudson the Essex was always in the thick of the fight. One of the Essex's most important services came in the action of July 15, 1862. On Aug. 7 the Arkansas and two gunboats were lying above Baton Rouge ready to cooperate with the Confederate troops in a combined attack on that place. The troops with the aid of the Federal gunboats were defeated. Then Commander W. D. Porter started up-stream with the Essex. As he approached the Arkansas, a few well-directed shots disabled her so that she b
Essex (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 13
the admiral, in a ship named after the famous flagship of their father, Commodore David Porter, in the War of 1812. In that old namesake Farragut had his first training as a fighter and about the newer Essex there hung much of the spirit of the navy of former days. Aboard of her too there was abundant opportunity to exemplify that spirit as nobly as was ever done by sailors any-where. From Fort Henry till the fall of Port Hudson the Essex was always in the thick of the fight. One of the Essex's most important services came in the action of July 15, 1862. On Aug. 7 the Arkansas and two gunboats were lying above Baton Rouge ready to cooperate with the Confederate troops in a combined attack on that place. The troops with the aid of the Federal gunboats were defeated. Then Commander W. D. Porter started up-stream with the Essex. As he approached the Arkansas, a few well-directed shots disabled her so that she became unmanageable. Porter, seeing his advantage, loaded with incend
Gordon F. Terry (search for this): chapter 13
cargo jettisoned. In 1863, one noted blockade-runner loaded to the gunwales with cotton, brought as prize-money to the captain of the vessel that captured her twenty thousand dollars, and even the cabin-boys The Essex Below appear four picked men from the crew of the Essex. Seated on the right in the front row is Bill young, the medal of honor man whose portrait appears above. W. L. Park, to his left, was a quarter gunner, as were Thomas T. Drew, standing to the right, and Gordon F. Terry beside him. All four are typical faces of the best that service in the inland navy could produce. The firm features of these men tell of a simple heroism that so often rose to great heights in the battles of the gunboats. These men fought under Bill (Com. W. D.) Porter, elder brother of the admiral, in a ship named after the famous flagship of their father, Commodore David Porter, in the War of 1812. In that old namesake Farragut had his first training as a fighter and about the newe
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