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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 1. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Seacoast defences of South Carolina and Georgia. (search)
these changes, that had General Long chanced to visit those two places and the intermediate lines about the first day of July, 1863, he would have been sorely puzzled to point out in all the results of defensive engineering skill, which must have met and pleased his eyes in the department, any trace of what he had left there something more than one year before. For example, the Fort Sumter and works on Sullivan's Island, which fought and defeated the fleet of Admiral Dupont on the 6th of April, 1863, were, in nothing else scarcely than the terrain on which they stood, the same works that Beauregard had found constructed. As arranged by him, on that day they encountered a naval onset more formidable, from the character of the vessels engaged and greatness of calibre of the armaments, than any other fortifications have ever been subjected to; and in less than forty minutes five of the nine iron-armored vessels sent against them were placed hors de combat. The Battery Wagner, which,
The Annals of the Civil War Written by Leading Participants North and South (ed. Alexander Kelly McClure), Torpedo service in Charleston harbor. (search)
lous soldier, applied this principle (modified, however) to one of the heavy guns in the harbor with such satisfactory results that I gave him orders to apply it as rapidly as possible to all guns of that class which we then had mounted. By April 6th, 1863, when Admiral Dupont made his attack on Fort Sumter with seven monitors, the New Ironsides, several gunboats and mortar boats, our heaviest pieces had this traversing apparatus adapted to their chassis, and the result realized fully our expe and at last gave us a brilliant victory-disabling five of the monitors, one of which, the Keokuk, sunk at her anchors that night. It is pertinent for me, professionally, to remark, that had this Federal naval attack on Fort Sumter of the 6th of April, 1863, been made at night, while the fleet could have easily approached near enough to see the fort-a large, lofty object, covering several acres — the monitors, which were relatively so small and low on the water, could not have been seen from t
Lt.-Colonel Arthur J. Fremantle, Three Months in the Southern States, April, 1863. (search)
; but nevertheless they appear to fatten on the Mexican soil. I crossed to Brownsville to see General Bee, but he had not returned from Boca del Rio, I dined with Mr. Oetling. We were about fourteen at dinner, principally Germans, a very merry party. Mr. Oetling is supposed to have made a million of dollars for his firm, by bold cotton speculations, since the war. We all went to the theatre afterwards. The piece was an attack upon the French and upon Southern institutions. 6th April, 1863 (Monday). Mr. Behnsen and Mr. Colville left for Bagdad this morning, in a very swell ambulance drawn by four gay mules. At noon I crossed to Brownsville, and visited Captain Lynch, a quartermaster, who broke open a great box, and presented me with a Confederate felt hat to travel in. He then took me to the garrison, and introduced me to Colonel Buchel of the 3d Texas regiment, who is by birth a German, but had served in the French army; and he prepared cocktailsin the most scien
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 5. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Torpedo service in the Harbor and water defences of Charleston. (search)
lous soldier, applied this principle (modified, however,) to one of the heavy guns in the harbor with such satisfactory results that I gave him orders to apply it as rapidly as possible to all guns of that class which we then had mounted. By April 6, 1863, when Admiral Dupont made his attack on Fort Sumter with seven monitors, the New Ironsides, several gunboats and mortar boats, our heaviest pieces had this traversing apparatus adapted to their chassis, and the result realized fully our expechem, and at last gave us a brilliant victorydisabling five of the monitors, one of which, the Keokuk, sunk at her anchors that night. It is pertinent for me professionally to remark that had this Federal naval attack on Fort Sumter of the 6th of April, 1863, been made at night, while the fleet could have easily approached near enough to see the fort — a large, lofty object, covering several acres — the monitors, which were relatively so small and low on the water, could not have been seen from
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: Volume 2., Ball's Bluff and the arrest of General Stone. (search)
h Congress, consisted of Senators Benjamin F. Wade, of Ohio; Zachariah Chandler, of Michigan, and Andrew Johnson, of Tennessee; and Representatives D. W. Gooch, of Massachusetts; John Covode, of Pennsylvania; George W. Julian, of Indiana, and M. F. Odell, of New York. On the appointment of Andrew Johnson as Military Governor of Tennessee, March 4th, 1862, his place on the committee was filled, temporarily, by Joseph A. Wright, of Indiana. Only six names appear in the report, submitted April 6th, 1863, with respect to the First Bull Run, Ball's Bluff, the Western Department of Missouri, and other subjects.--Editors. In a few days the missing link was supplied by a surprising occurrence. A refugee came into General W. W. Burns's lines from Leesburg, with a vague and utterly groundless story of mysterious flags of truce and of how much the Confederates thought of their friend Stone. General McClellan informed General Stone that he had last seen the written statement at the War
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 6. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 162 (search)
rtained that they really would have made no defence, and had our forces continued the pursuit to the river, they would have surrendered. It is easier to know these things after than before, or during a battle. It is enough now to know that our boys fought bravely against overwhelming odds in numbers, and fairly whipped the braggarts; and still better to know that they anxiously await but the opportunity to repeat the experience. S. S. Louisville Journal account. Somerset, Ky., April 6, 1863. I propose giving your readers an outline of our late movements in Central Kentucky, and more especially the part taken by Wolford's cavalry in the battle of Somerset. We were in camp near Stanford, when our scouts announced the approach of a large force of the enemy by way of Monticello. From the fact that they had a long wagon-train, and the advance was composed of cavalry and artillery as they passed through Wayne County from the direction of Knoxville, we all concluded that they
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 10. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 3 (search)
Doc. 3.-battle of Fredericksburg, Va. Reply of Maj.-Gen. Franklin. a reply of Major General William B. Franklin, to the report of the Joint Committee of Congress on the conduct of the war, submitted to the public on the 6th of April, 1863. On the sixth day of April last a Report, purporting to be signed by the members of the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War, was published in many of the leading papers in the United States. The Thirty-seventh Congress expired, by constitutional limitation, on the fourth of March previous. Some of the testimony embodied in the report has been taken since that time, and, consequently, this document has been spread before the country without having been submitted to either branch of Congress. I do not refer to this irregular proceeding of a committee which had ceased to have a legal existence as a defence against the charges of which they have convicted me, but as one of the facts fairly to be considered in connection with the
Alfred Roman, The military operations of General Beauregard in the war between the states, 1861 to 1865, chapter 26 (search)
tion as soon as possible; to wit: one at battery this side of the New Bridge, one at White Point Battery, and the other at Battery James. An officer should be detailed specially to see that no time is lost in getting these mortars in place after their arrival. The Citadel Cadets will be ordered to take immediate charge of the New Bridge Battery. Respectfully, your obedient servant, Thomas Jordan, Chief of Staff. Headquarters, Department S. C., Ga., and Fla., Charleston, S. C., April 6th, 1863. Major H. C. Guerin, Chief of Subsistence, Charleston: Major,—I have to acquaint you that some 2500 troops have arrived within the limits of the First Military District, from Savannah, for which it will be necessary that you shall make the proper provision. Respectfully, your obdt. servt., Thomas Jordan, Chief of Staff. Headquarters, Department S. C., Ga., and Fla., Charleston, S. C., April 7th, 1863. Capt. F. D. Lee, C. S. Engineers, Charleston, S. C.: Captain,—I am instru
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Battles, Alabama, 1863 (search)
1863 Feb. 22: Skirmish, GlendaleMISSOURI--10th Cavalry. Feb. 22: Action, TuscumbiaALABAMA--1st Cavalry. KANSAS--7th Cavalry. OHIO--5th Cavalry (3d Battalion). March 25: Affairs, FlorenceU. S. Gunboats. April 6: Skirmish, Town Creek(No Reports.) April 14: Skirmish, BurnsvilleALABAMA--1st Cavalry. ILLINOIS--15th Cavalry; 9th Mounted Infantry. MISSOURI--10th Cavalry. April 16-17: Skirmishes, Barton StationALABAMA--1st Cavalry. MISSOURI--10th Cavalry. April 17: Skirmish, DicksonALABAMA--1st Cavalry. ILLINOIS--15th Cavalry; 9th Mounted Infantry. MISSOURI--10th Cavalry; Battery "I," 1st Light Arty. April 17: Skirmishes, Great Bear Creek, Cherokee Station and Lundy's LaneALABAMA--1st Cavalry. ILLINOIS--15th Cavalry; Battery "H," 1st Light Arty.; 7th, 9th (Mounted), 50th and 57th Infantry. IOWA--39th Infantry. MISSOURI--10th Cavalry; Battery "I," 1st Light Arty. OHIO--81st Infantry. Union loss, 4 killed, 19 wounded. 59 missing. Total, 82. April 19: Skirmish, Dickson's StationILLINOIS
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Battles, Louisiana, 1863 (search)
enville, Black Bayou and Deer Creek, MissILLINOIS--3d Cavalry (Co's "D"), Kane County Cavalry Company; 13th Infantry. IOWA--1st Battery Light Arty.; 4th, 9th, 25th, 30th and 31st Infantry. MISSOURI--Battery "F" 2d Light Arty. (Landgraeber's Battery); 3d, 12th, 17th, 27th, 29th, 30th, 31st and 32d Infantry. OHIO--4th Indpt. Battery Light Arty.; 76th Infantry. April 4: Skirmish, RichmondILLINOIS--2d Cavalry (Detachment). April 5: Skirmish near New CarthageILLINOIS--3d Cavalry (Detachment). April 6: Skirmish, James' Plantation, near New CarthageINDIANA--49th and 69th Infantry (Detachments). April 7: Skirmish, Dunbar's Plantation, Bayou VidalMISSOURI--6th Cavalry (Detachment). April 8: Skirmish, James' Plantation, near New CarthageILLINOIS--2d Cavalry (Detachment). INDIANA--49th Infantry. MICHIGAN--Battery "G" 1st Light Arty. OHIO--120th Infantry. April 9-May 14: Operations in Western LouisianaCONNECTICUT--12th, 13th, 24th and 25th Infantry. INDIANA--1st Heavy Arty. LOUISIANA--1st C
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