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Chapter 3: strategic Reconnoissances.
On January 26, 1862,
Fleet-Captain Charles H. Davis and
Commander C. R. P. Rodgers, with the
Ottawa,
Seneca,
Smith, Potomska, Ellen, and Western World, and the armed launches of the
Wabash, accompanied by the army transports
Cosmopolitan,
Delaware, and
Boston, having on board the Sixth Connecticut, Fourth New Hampshire, and Ninety-seventh Pennsylvania regiments, a total of 2,400 men, commanded by
Brigadier-General H. G. Wright, entered
Warsaw Sound.
The following morning
General Wright and
Major Speidel went on board of the
Ottawa, upon which vessel
Captain Davis was. Two companies of the Sixth Connecticut having been sent on board of the
Ottawa and
Seneca, the vessels got under way, and proceeded into
Tybee River.
Owing to shoal water on the bar it was 8.30 A. M. before the vessels got in, and 1.30 P. M. before they reached the point nearest to
Pulaski on its land side.
It was amusing to note the bustle.
No shots were fired at the vessels, because no rifled or heavy guns were mounted on the side which was supposed unapproachable by vessels of war. Great preparations were made in shifting guns for use when the vessels returned, but as it was simply a matter of choice with the vessels as to when they would return, they preferred doing so under the cover of the night.
The gunboats passed on, and reaching the part of the river
