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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles. Volume 1. 3 1 Browse Search
Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 2 2 0 Browse Search
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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles. Volume 1., Recollections of Foote and the gun-boats. (search)
Recollections of Foote and the gun-boats. Captain James B. Eads. Of the services of Captain Eads to the Western flotilla, the Reverend C. B. Boynton says, in his History of the Navy : During the month of July, 1861, the Quartermaster-General advertised for proposals to construct a number of iron-clad gun-boats for service on the Mississippi River. The bids were opened on the 5th of August, and Mr. Eads was found to be the best bidder for the whole number, both in regard to the time of completion and price. On the 7th of August, 1861, Mr. Eads signed a contract with Quartermaster-General Meigs to construct these seven vessels ready for their crews and armaments in sixty-five days. At this early period the people in the border States, especially in the slave States, had not yet learned to accommodate themselves to a state of war. The pursuits of peace were interrupted; but the energy and enterprise which were to provide the vast material required for an energetic prosecution of t
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles. Volume 1., chapter 14.53 (search)
ment only a small expenditure for coal and ammunition. Flag-Officer Stringham fought this action with admirable skill, worthy of a great commander. Instead of anchoring his ships, he kept them moving during the whole engagement and, as he came within range of the enemy's works, delivered his fire, generally with surprising accuracy, while the gunners in the forts were compelled. to make an on — the — wing shot with pieces of heavy ordnance, and in most instances their shot fell short. Boynton, in his History of the Navy, says: So far as known this was the first trial in our navy of this movement, and the honor of introducing it belongs to Commodore Stringham. The little that was known of the real character of the Hatteras expedition prevented the public from paying any attention — to the commodore's strategy, but when it was repeated soon after by Commodore DuPont in a more brilliant affair, its merit was duly recognized. While DuPont rose to the highest point in public esti<
Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 2, Chapter 58: beginning of Howard University (search)
ss manifested. At first, I had desired delay, thinking that the time was hardly ripe for a large institution at the capital; but, seeing the enthusiasm and fixed purpose of this body of some fourteen gentlemen, a few of whom I now observed were Presbyterians and two or three of other persuasions, I participated in their discussions. Howard Normal and Theological Institute for the Education of Teachers and Preachers, was the new title adopted. On January 8, 1867, at another gathering, Dr. Boynton was elected the president of the preliminary board. At this session my brother, General C. H. Howard, then assistant commissioner of the district and vicinity, moved a committee to plan a law department--a medical department having already been favorably canvassed. Thus, little by little, the idea of a university grew upon the preliminary board, the project of an institution which should have many separate departments acting together under one board of trustees. At this January sittin
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, chapter 16 (search)
treatment of a seaman released from prison, on journey home, transportation not having been provided. Boston Evening Journal, May 28, 1862, p. 2, col. 5. —Hatteras forts taken, Aug. 29, 1861; full official and private accounts. Boston Evening Journal, Sept. 2, 1861, p. 4, cols. 1, 6-8. —Hatteras, U. S. steamer, sunk by the Alabama, Jan. 11, 1863; report of Lieut. Commander H. C. Blake. Boston Evening Journal, Feb. 17, 1863, p. 4, col. 6. —History of, during the rebellion. Chaplain C. B. Boynton, rev. of. Atlantic, vol. 22, p. 377. —History of the Marine Corps. M. Almy Aldrich, rev. of. Army and Navy Journal, vol. 12, p. 472. —Improvements in warfare; Boston merchant captain escapes from a rebel privateer. Boston Evening Journal, April 29, 1863, p. 4, col. 2. —Ironclads, merits of; editorial discussion of the five monitors in service at date. Boston Evening Journal, Jan. 24, 1863, p. 4, col. 1. —Ironclads Passaic, Patapsco and Nahant tested at Fort McAll