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Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 1., Chapter 15: siege of Fort Pickens.--Declaration of War.--the Virginia conspirators and, the proposed capture of Washington City. (search)
he whole expedition was in charge of Commander Charles H. Poor, assisted by Lieutenants Smith, of the Brooklyn, Lew and Newman, of the Sabine, and Belknap, of the St. Louis. The insurgents, in endeavoring to conceal their own movements, had assisted in obscuring those of the squadron, by extinguishing the lamp of the light-house. In the thick darkness, the expedition struck the designated landing-place with great accuracy. Report of Commander H. A. Adams to the Secretary of the Navy, April 14, 1861. When the important work was accomplished, heavy guns were fired on the vessels, the fort was lighted up, and the insurgents, who were on the point of making an attack on Fort Pickens, observing the (ominous appearance of affairs there prudently remained on shore. Statement of Mr. Wilcox. A correspondent of the Charleston Mercury, writing on the 18th, said that the firing alarmed the insurgents. An attack on Fort McRee was expected. The troops were called out, and many of them lay