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Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War., Chapter 50: Second attack on Fort Fisher. (search)
nt, K. R. Breese, Fleet-Captain. Rear-Admiral David D. Porter, Commanding North Atlantic Squadron. Dispatch of Rear-Admiral D. D. Porter, commending officers, etc. North Atlantic Squadron, U. S. Flag-Ship Malvern, Cape Fear River, January 28, 1865. Sir — After such an engagement and success as this fleet has met with, I think it due to the officers engaged to mention those particularly who, in my opinion, deserve the commendation of the Department or merit promotion. I did not thionor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant, David D. Porter, Rear-Admiral. Hon. Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy, Washington, D. C. Additional report of fleet-captain K. R. Breese. Flag-Ship Malvern, Cape Fear River, January 28, 1865. Admiral — In my report of the assault of Fort Fisher, I did not mention the fact of Lieutenant-Commander Cushman being wounded, as he made so light of the affair and did not wish to be included among those mentioned as such. Since, I ha
Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War., Chapter 57: the ram Stonewall. (search)
ossession of the Confederate Government. The Stonewall was placed under the command of Captain Thomas Jefferson Page, an able officer, formerly of the United States Navy. She had, we regret to say, an opportunity of inflicting a humiliation upon the American Navy which was hard to bear, considering that its name almost throughout the conflict had been without a stain, and that the reputation it had gained in the war of 1812 had not diminished in the least. The Stonewall got to sea January 28th, 1865, having received her stores and crew from another vessel dispatched by Captain Bullock from England, at Quiberon Bay, Belle Isle, France, but, owing to defects in the rudder casing, the Stonewall put in to Ferrol, Spain, for repairs, where she arrived February 2d, and fell in with the Federal frigate Niagara and sloop-of-war Sacramento, under the command of Commodore Thomas T. Craven. The Niagara was a large and fast vessel of 4,600 tons displacement, carrying ten 150-pounder Parrott