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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 10. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 17 (search)
red by the second vessel in the line to do so, when he struck. He did not, nor does he know the name of the vessel to whom he surrendered, but that it was to the second vessel in line. I am, Sir, very respectfully, Your obedient servant, F. A. Roe, Lieutenant, commanding. Captain M. Smith, Commanding Naval Forces, Sounds of North Carolina. Additional report of Captain Smith. United States steamer Mattabesett, Albemarle Sound, N. C., June 4, 1864. Sir: Your order of May seventeenth, through Rear-Admiral Lee, directing a full report to be furnished of the collision of the Sassacus with the rebel ram Albemarle, together with a diagram showing the position of the two vessels, is received, and I have the honor to make the following report: One report from Lieutenant-Commander Roe has already been forwarded to Admiral Lee, and I retained two--one from himself, and the other from his executive officer — to avoid multiplying testimony that appeared to me to be much ex
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 10. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 46 (search)
not think you fully comprehend the condition Vicksburg will be left in, but I comply at once with your order. On May seventeenth (Sunday), I marched fifteen miles in the direction indicated in General Pemberton's note, received the previous evening. In the afternoon a letter was brought from him, dated Bovina, May seventeenth, a copy of which has been forwarded to the War Department. In this, referring to my dispatch of May thirteenth, from Jackson, General Pemberton wrote: I notified yoxty (60) days' provisions at Vicksburg and Snyder's. I respectfully await your instructions. I immediately replied, May seventeenth: If Haynes' Bluff be untenable, Vicksburg is of no value, and cannot be held. If, therefore, you are invested in Viad fallen back to Vicksburg. On Monday, May eighteenth, General Pemberton informed me by letter, dated Vicksburg, May seventeenth, that he had retired within the line of intrenchments around Vicksburg, having been attacked and forced back from Bi