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Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 1., Chapter 15: siege of Fort Pickens.--Declaration of War.--the Virginia conspirators and, the proposed capture of Washington City. (search)
greatest circumspection. At one time it seemed impossible for him to be of any practical service to his country, so completely was he in the power of the secessionists, civil and military. At that time the United States steamer Mohawk, Captain T. A. Craven, was cruising for slave-ships in the vicinity of the Florida Keys and the coast of Cuba; and at about the time of Mr. Lincoln's election, November 6, 1860. Captain (afterward Quartermaster-General) M. C. Meigs arrived, to take charge of tediately put in a state of defense, and they and the port of Key West were irretrievably lost to the insurgents. The Administration did not like these performances of loyal commanders, because they were irritating to the secessionists; and Captain Craven received peremptory orders from the Navy Department to go on a cruise. He lingered around the Keys, believing that his services would be needed near those important forts that guarded the northern entrance to the Gulf of Mexico. He was not
William F. Fox, Lt. Col. U. S. V., Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865: A Treatise on the extent and nature of the mortuary losses in the Union regiments, with full and exhaustive statistics compiled from the official records on file in the state military bureaus and at Washington, Chapter 13: aggregate of deaths in the Union Armies by States--total enlistment by States--percentages of military population furnished, and percentages of loss — strength of the Army at various dates casualties in the Navy. (search)
water. When the iron-clad Tecumseh led the column of monitors across the torpedo line at Mobile, As the Tecumseh, T. A. Craven, commander, went into action at Mobile Bay, it struck a torpedo and sank instantly. The vessel went down head foremosment to the enemy, that waited for her, not two hundred yards off, on the other side of the fatal line. it was then that Craven did one of those deeds that should be always linked with the doer's name, as Sidney's is with the cup of cold water. The pilot and he instinctively made for the narrow opening leading to the turret below. Craven drew back; After you, pilot, he said. There was no afterward for him; the pilot was saved, but he went down with his ship. --[Navy in the Civil War; Mahan. a Greene Mobile Bay 1 10 -- 11 Aug. 5 Kennebec McCann Mobile Bay 1 6 -- 7 Aug. 5 Tecumseh Blown up by torpedoes. Craven Mobile Bay -- -- -- 79 1865.               Jan. 15 Fleet Porter Fort Fisher 74 289 20 This loss occurred in the
William F. Fox, Lt. Col. U. S. V., Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865: A Treatise on the extent and nature of the mortuary losses in the Union regiments, with full and exhaustive statistics compiled from the official records on file in the state military bureaus and at Washington, Chapter 15: Confederate losses — strength of the Confederate Armies--casualties in Confederate regiments — list of Confederate Generals killed — losses in the Confederate Navy. (search)
raordinary losses in 555, 556 Confederate regiments, losses in particular battles 560 Confederate regiments, remarkable percentages of loss in 556 Confederate Navy, losses in 573 Confederate Navy, captures by privateers 573 Confederate States, military population of, in 1861. 552, 554 Connecticut regiments, list of, with loss in each 473 Conscription Act 532 Consolidation of regiments 9 Corps badges 64 Corps organizations in Union Army, history of 64 Craven, T. A., Commander U. S. N., mentioned 537 Custer massacre, loss at 27 Custer's Cavalry Brigade 120 Conclusion, suggestions in 574 Cowtan, Capt., Chas. W., quoted 478 Davenport, Alfred, quoted 28 Deaths from all causes classified 50 Deaths from miscellaneous causes 530 Deaths, total of, from all causes 526, 532 Deaths in Confederate armies, by States 554 Deaths in Confederate prisons 50, 529 Deaths in each arm of the service 48 Defeats and victories, lists of 541