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Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War. 5 1 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: September 29, 1862., [Electronic resource] 1 1 Browse Search
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Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War., Chapter 21: capture of New Orleans.--first attack on Vicksburg by Farragut's fleet and mortar flotilla.--junction of flag-officers Farragut and Davis above Vicksburg.--ram Arkansas. (search)
nd should not be forgotten by those who have lived to read the events of the civil war. Soon after the return of Captain Bailey and Lieutenant Perkins, Captain Charles H. Bell landed with a guard of marines and two boat howitzers loaded with grape and canister. The same howling mob met Captain Bell at the levee, but gave way beCaptain Bell at the levee, but gave way before the marines, who marched steadily towards the State House. Arriving there the marines were drawn up in line, with the howitzers pointed at the mob, ready to mow them down if it became necessary to do so. Bell ascended to the roof of the building, down came the Confederate flag and up went the stars and stripes. The crowd waBell ascended to the roof of the building, down came the Confederate flag and up went the stars and stripes. The crowd was hushed into silence, they realized that the howitzers would decimate their ranks if the order was given to fire, and that was something they did not fancy. At the Custom House the same scene was enacted while cheer after cheer came from the ships, the signal that the majesty of the law had been upheld and the integrity of the
The Daily Dispatch: September 29, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 5 (search)
came off from Smith's Point, Va., in company with three Prussians from Charleston, who had papers from the Prussian Consul at Charleston, and were set on shore at Piney Point. The refugees — whose names are Edward Furney, George Wilson, Edward Wilson, and Henry Adams — were sent to the Provost Marshal, and were released. Appointment of Acting rear Admirals. The following officers have been appointed Acting Rear Admirals in the U. S. Navy on their respective stations: Commodore Charles H. Bell, commanding Pacific Squadron. Commodore Charles Wilkes, commanding Special West India Squadron. Commodore J. L. Lardner, commanding Eastern Gulf Blockading Squadron. Commodore Charles Henry Davis, commanding Naval Mississippi Flotilla. Captain Samuel Phillips Lee, commanding North Atlantic Blockading Squadron. Further news from New Orleans. Com. Porter and Gen. Phelps have arrived at New York from New Orleans. The Delta, of the 13th instant, says that a collision oc