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Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War., Chapter 19: battle of the forts and capture of New Orleans. (search)
within three miles of the fort before night set in. The last lines of this day were observed on Fort St. Philip flagstaff. On our return on board the Sachem, we mapped the work and brought it up as far as we had progressed during the day. April 14.--On the 14th of April, at sunrise, I consulted with Captain Porter, and we concluded to continue the work and to ascend the river until the positions of the hulks, which support the chain across the Mississippi could be properly determined. 14th of April, at sunrise, I consulted with Captain Porter, and we concluded to continue the work and to ascend the river until the positions of the hulks, which support the chain across the Mississippi could be properly determined. A large portion of the fleet went up to the conspicuous point (which I have named Porter's Point), just two miles below Fort Jackson, and engaged the enemy to draw their attention from our boats. This, however, was only partially effected; they had probably found out the day previous that engineering operations were in progress. and now undertook to stop them. When Mr. Oltmanns passed Porter's Point, he was fired on with eight or nine rifled shot, but fortunately the whole damage consisted i
Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War., Chapter 35: operations of the North Atlantic Squadron, 1863. (search)
ny time during the war. We should not attach much importance to the mere brevity of these dispatches, for sometimes much may be expressed in a very few words; but the Records of the war show to-day that, on almost all occasions where the Army and Navy co-operated, the reports of army operations were very voluminous, and even concerning points which could not have been held except by the guns of the Navy, the Army came in for the largest share of praise. An affair which occurred on the 14th of April in the Nansemond River, where Lieutenant Lamson in the Mount Washington, and Acting-Master T. A. Harris in the Stepping Stones, fought the enemy's batteries for six hours under the most adverse circumstances, was one of the most gallant affairs of the war. The reports of these actions are long and voluminous, and only a condensation of them can be given in this history. But they can all be found in the Report of the Secretary of the Navy for 1863, where may be seen the most faithful