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Port Royal (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 50
n Charleston harbor than to depend on the Monitors alone. The New Ironsides was off Charleston bar, two Monitors were at Edisto, one at Stono River, three at Port-Royal, and one at Ossabaw. General Gillmore having arrived. arrangements were immediately made between him and Rear-Admiral Dahlgren for a descent on Morris Island,d of operations. But as this expedition only required the presence of the Navy while the troops were disembarking, Rear-Admiral Dahlgren soon after returned to Port Royal, leaving a sufficient force of gun-boats in the St. John's River to co-operate with the Army if necessary. The Confederates were not slow to take advantage o next day, the Sonoma, Commander George H. Cooper, and Nipsic, Lieutenant-Commander William Gibson, were sent as outside cruisers to cover the blockade south of Port Royal, where it was weakest, and where the chief effort was to be made. A plan was laid between General Foster and Admiral Dahlgren to make a diversion by cutting
Folly River (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 50
ns, etc.; and then to co-operate in whatever way the army might desire to attack the enemy. On the 9th of July all was in readiness. In the combined attack which followed, the Catskill, Montauk, Nahant, and Weehawken were laid in line parallel with the land opposite the southern eminences of Morris Island, and they poured in such a steady fire upon the Confederate batteries at that point that they made but a feeble show of fight. At 8 o'clock the troops that had been brought from the Folly River by the boats of the squadron advanced to the attack; and, under the covering fire of the Monitors, occupied all the enemy's outer positions, and were only stopped when they came in contact with Fort Wagner. Until the fall of Wagner, on September 7th, the iron-clads and gun-boats kept up a constant fire on the place, which could only be taken by hard and patient work. But this work was not crowned with success until after several desperate assaults had been made by the Army, and a heav
Ogeechee (Georgia, United States) (search for this): chapter 50
6. Wagner and Gregg Ironsides, Weehawken, Montauk, Passaic, Patapsco, Nahant, Lehigh. Sept. 7. Batteries on Sullivan's Island Ironsides, Patapsco, Lehigh, Nahant, Montauk, Weehawken. Sept. 8. Batteries on Sullivan's Island Ironsides, Nahant, Patapsco, Lehigh, Montauk, Weehawken. Service of iron-clads: South Atlantic Blockading Squadron. Shots fired and hits received by them during operations against Morris Island: Vessels No. of shots fired. Hits. Hits Apr. 7, 1863. Hits at Ogeechee. Total hits. 15-in. 11-in. Catskill 138 425 86 20   106 Montauk 301 478 154 14 46 214 Lehigh 41 28 36     36 Passaic 119 107 90 35 9 134 Nahant 170 276 69 36   105 Patapsco 178 230 96 47 1 144 Weehawken 264 633 134 53   187 Nantucket 44 155 53 51   104 Ironsides   4439 164     164 Totals 1255 6771 882 256 56 1194   No. of shots fired. Weight of projec. fired in tons. By Ironsides 4,439 288 1/2 11-in. by Monitors 2,332 151 1/2 15-in. b
Europe (search for this): chapter 50
tals 1255 6771 882 256 56 1194   No. of shots fired. Weight of projec. fired in tons. By Ironsides 4,439 288 1/2 11-in. by Monitors 2,332 151 1/2 15-in. by Monitors 1,255 213 1/2   Total 8,026 653 1/2 That these vessels were subjected to a terrific fire there can be no doubt; and it shows that, though there may have been defects in the building of some of the Monitors, yet that Ericsson's system was the most perfect one then invented, and that no ship in European navies then built could have contended successfully with any one of them for an hour. During the progress of the engineering work under General Gillmore, which was of the most laborious kind, the iron-clads and gun-boats played a most conspicuous part, as has been shown in instances already quoted. It would have been as easy for the enemy to have worked towards the Union position as for the Federals to advance towards theirs, had it not been for the fire of the vessels which confined th
Alabama (Alabama, United States) (search for this): chapter 50
the Commissary-General to ascertain how many rations there were on hand, to feed not only the army at Richmond, but the other forces in the field, and was informed that there was a very alarming state of affairs in that Department; that Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi were the only States where there was an accumulation, and that the Confederate Army was at that time being subsisted from these States. The Commissary of Georgia sent dispatches that he could not send another pound of provisions to Richmond. Alabama, under the most urgent call, could only send forward 135,000 pounds of food. Mississippi was doing all she could in supplying rations to General Beauregard's army. South Carolina could only subsist the troops at Charleston and the prisoners in the interior of the State. The enemy had visited every section of North Carolina, and that State was only able to supply the forts at Wilmington with rations of the most ordinary kind, and not a pound of meat could be shipped t
W. H. Lewis (search for this): chapter 50
, Thomas Newton, P. J. Markoe, J. D. Reed and E. P. Crocker; Engineers: Second-Assistant, Reynolds Driver; Third-Assistants, W. H. Kelley, W. L. Bailie and G. L. Palmer; Gunner, M. A. Lane. Iron-clad steamer Passaic. Lieutenant-Commander, Edward Simpson; Lieutenant, Wm. Whitehead; Assistant Surgeon, H. C. Eckstein; Acting-Assistant Paymaster, L. C. Tripp; Acting-Master, James Ogilvie; Acting-Ensigns, L. G. Emerson, D. B. Hawes, A. Delano, Jr. and W. H. Roberts; Acting-Master's Mate, W. H. Lewis; Engineers: First-Assistant, Henry Mason; Second-Assistant, F. H. Fletcher; Third-Assistants, William A. Dripps, Joseph Hooper and C. Kenyon. Steamer Nipsic. Lieutenant-Commander, Wm. Gibson; Acting-Assistant Surgeon, W. J. Gilfillen; Acting-Assistant Paymaster, H. T. Mansfield; Acting-Master, W. L. Churchill; Acting-Ensigns, H. A. Greene, J. A. Winchester and A. B. Prince; Acting-Master's Mates, G. S. Johnson, W. K. Orcutt and W. H. Kitching, Jr.; Engineers: First-Assistant, S. L.
Robert B. Dick (search for this): chapter 50
Bourne, C. F. Taylor and John Gunn; Acting-Master's Mates, E. Holbrook, A. S. Hitch and S. L. Withington; Engineers: Acting-First-Assistant, J. T. Hathaway; Acting-Second-Assistants, J. H. Rowe, Henry Gormley and F. W. H. Whittaker; Acting-Third-Assistant, Thomas Slater. Steamer Oleander. Acting-Master, John S. Dennis; Acting-Ensigns, Jos. Frost and A. P. Bashford; Acting-Master's Mate, Wm. C. King; Acting-Engineers: Acting-Second-Assistant, Samuel Swartwout; Acting-Third-Assistants, R. B. Dick and H. S. Brown. Bark Ethan Allen. Acting-Master, J. A. Pennell; Acting-Assistant Surgeon, H. W. Mitchell; Acting-Assistant Paymaster, W. R. Woodward; Acting-Ensigns, T. M. Peakes, J. H. Bunting, Jos. McCart and Wm. Mero; Acting-Master's Mates, E. T. Dexter, G. H. Redford and C. F. Adams. Bark Braziliera. Acting-Master, Wm. T. Gillespie; Acting-Assistant Surgeon, Geo. B. Todd; Acting-Assistant Paymaster, C. H. Longstreet; Acting-Ensigns, J. H. Bennett and N. C. Borden; Acting-M
J. H. Bennett (search for this): chapter 50
t; Acting-Third-Assistants, R. B. Dick and H. S. Brown. Bark Ethan Allen. Acting-Master, J. A. Pennell; Acting-Assistant Surgeon, H. W. Mitchell; Acting-Assistant Paymaster, W. R. Woodward; Acting-Ensigns, T. M. Peakes, J. H. Bunting, Jos. McCart and Wm. Mero; Acting-Master's Mates, E. T. Dexter, G. H. Redford and C. F. Adams. Bark Braziliera. Acting-Master, Wm. T. Gillespie; Acting-Assistant Surgeon, Geo. B. Todd; Acting-Assistant Paymaster, C. H. Longstreet; Acting-Ensigns, J. H. Bennett and N. C. Borden; Acting-Master's Mates, J. B. F. Smith, W. N. Smith, Isaac Severns and F. H. W. Harrington. Bark A. Houghton. Acting-Master, Newell Graham; Acting-Ensigns, E. B. Cox; Acting-Master's Mate, C. H. Nicholls. Bark Kingfisher. Acting-Masters, J. C. Dutch and S. W. Rhoades; Acting-Assistant Surgeon, W. H. Westcott; Acting-Assistant Paymaster, N. W. Blakeman: Acting-Ensigns, T. E. Chapin and Wm. Nelson; Acting-Master's Mates, H. G. Seaman and Frank Jordan. Bark F
C. M. Tine (search for this): chapter 50
s; Acting-Third-Assistants, W. A. Smith, Rufus Burton and J. Hawkey; Gunner, J. M. Hogg. Iron-clad steamer Lehigh. Commander, Andrew Bryson; Lieutenant, Moreau Forrest; Assistant Surgeon, Wm. Longshaw, Jr.; Acting-Assistant Paymaster, F. C. lmlay; Acting-Master, Richard Burke; Acting-Ensigns, Edw. Tilghman, C. M. Thwing, J. E. Stickney and F. W. Towne; Acting-Master's Mate, G. W. Leland; Engineers: First Assistant, W. D. Pendleton; Second-Assistant, Alfred Hedrick; Third-Assistant, C. M. Van Tine, J. H. Thomas and S. C. McLanahan. Steamer Paul Jones. Commander, James M. Duncan; Lieutenant, James O'Kane; Assistant Surgeon, J. W. Coles; Acting Assistant Paymaster, J. A Berry; Acting-Ensigns, J. Potts, Chas. Clauson, Henry Hamre and Chas. Weidenbien; Acting-Master's Mates, J. H. Manning, J. L. Rowe and C. E. Everdean; Engineers: First-Assistant, James Sheriden; Third-Assistants, James A. Chasmer, E. D. Weems, Geo. Paul and L. T. Safford; Acting-Gunner, John Brown. Steamer M
B. C. Dean (search for this): chapter 50
ristopher Flood and W. H. Thomas; Acting-Master's Mates, Geo. Newlin and John Wright. Bark midnight. Acting-Masters, Wm. H. Garfield and Edwin Coffin; Acting-Assistant Surgeon, J. M. Garner; Acting-Assistant Paymaster, Franklin Miller; Acting-Ensigns, Z. L. Tanner and N. Pratt; Acting-Master's Mates, A. K. Noyes and S. H. Maunders. Schooner hope. Acting-Master, John E. Rockwell; Acting-Master's Mates, W. E. Gould, Elisha Hubbard and J. S. Leon. Schooner Dan Smith. Acting-Master, B. C. Dean; Acting-Ensign, Paul Armandt; Acting-Master's Mates, J. C. Vandeventer and W. W. Hunt. Ordnance Sloop John Adams. Acting-Masters, A. S. Gardner and J. P. Carr; Acting-Assistant Surgeon, Israel Bushong; Acting-Assistant Paymaster, Tracy Coit; Acting-Ensign, John Blitz; Acting-Master's Mates, Charles Henley, Benjamin Lawton, Franklin James and C. E. Cool. Brig Perry. Acting-Master, S. B. Gregory; Acting-Assistant Paymaster, T. A. Emerson; Acting-Ensigns, W. C. Hanford, J.
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