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James Barnes, author of David G. Farragut, Naval Actions of 1812, Yank ee Ships and Yankee Sailors, Commodore Bainbridge , The Blockaders, and other naval and historical works, The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 6: The Navy. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), Naval chronology 1861 1865 Civil war March , 1861 June , 1865
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Eagle , Henry ,1801 -1882 (search)
Eagle, Henry, 1801-1882
Naval officer; born in New York City, April 7, 1801; entered the navy in 1818; and had command of the bomb-vessel aetna and also a part of the Gulf fleet during the Mexican War. At the beginning of the Civil War he carried important messages from Brooklyn to Washington.
While in command of the Monticello he was engaged in the first naval engagement of the war, silencing the guns of Sewell's Point battery, Va., May 19, 1861.
He was promoted commodore in 1862; retired in January, 1863.
He died in November, 1882.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America . (search)
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 1. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 189 (search)
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177.-attack on Sewell's point, May 19, 1861.
The following is the official report of the action between the United States war-steamer Star and the Sewell's Point battery, on the 19th inst.
United States steamer Star, May 19, 1861. flag officer S. H. Stringham, Commander of the Home Squadron:--
From the time I reported to you yesterday I kept a strict watch on the movements of the enemy in and about the Sewell's Point battery.
Several noises were heard during the night, but not dMay 19, 1861. flag officer S. H. Stringham, Commander of the Home Squadron:--
From the time I reported to you yesterday I kept a strict watch on the movements of the enemy in and about the Sewell's Point battery.
Several noises were heard during the night, but not distinct enough for me to trace them.
At half-past 5, P. M., I heard distinct blows, as if from an axe securing timber platforms for gun-carriages inside of the embrasures, and immediately I ordered a shot to be fired over them.
The rebels immediately hoisted a white flag, with some design on it, and fired a shot that cut the fore spencer guys near the gaff.
I immediately went to quarters, and returned their fire, which was continued by them.
I expended fifteen round of grape, twelve ten-inch
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 1. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 190 (search)
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178.-meeting of the N. Y. Bible society, May 19, 1861.
Wm. Allen Butler, Esq., presided at the meeting.
After the reading of selections of the Scripture, and prayer by the Rev. Mr. Hastings, followed by the singing of a hymn by the congregation, Mr. Butler said that in this Christian land, where the recruit was sworn into service upon the Bible, there needed no special plea to justify an effort to place the Gospel in the hands of every soldier, as his best companion for the war. It might have been said that there were other things with which our troops should be supplied rather than Bibles; they needed muskets instead of Bibles.
He agreed that muskets were the first thing needed.
The Society he represented was not a society for the suppression of muskets or any weapons of war that would make our troops victorious.
When liberty was first imperilled in Massachusetts, her men seized the firelock, and did not turn back even for their Bibles.
He believed that men who loved t
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, I. List of officers from Massachusetts in United States Navy , 1861 1865
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, chapter 2 (search)
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, chapter 3 (search)
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, chapter 4 (search)
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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, V. List of Medical officers in Massachusetts Regiments . (search)