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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles. Volume 1., The gun-boats at Belmont and Fort Henry. (search)
avy Yard, where he was the executive officer. Foote, Schenck, and myself were then the only survivonely seas, and talking with a pious shipmate, Foote became convinced of the truth of the Christianhat made his company very desirable. Flag-Officer Foote arrived at Cairo September 12th, and relenemy fly in the greatest confusion. Flag-Officer Foote was at St. Louis when the battle of Belmof 1861-62, an expedition was planned by Flag-Officer Foote and Generals Grant and McClernand agains gallant ship (which, in the language of Flag-Officer Foote, had fought most effectively through tword the vessel was killed or wounded. flag-officer Foote during the action was in the pilot-housee Cincinnati and surrendered the Fort to flag-officer Foote, who sent for me, introduced me to Generted at the time that, in surrendering to Flag-Officer Foote, the Confederate general said, I am glado surrender to so gallant an officer, and that Foote replied, You do perfectly right, sir, in surre[5 more...]
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles. Volume 1., The defense of Fort Henry. (search)
four. Of the 54 men who went into action [see General Tilghman's report], 5 were killed, 11 wounded or disabled, and 5 missing. When the Essex dropped out of the fight I could see her men wildly throwing themselves into the swollen river. Admiral Foote reported that his flag-ship was struck thirty-eight times, and the commanding officers of gun-boats (with several of whom I had enjoyed a warm personal acquaintance) complimented me highly on what they termed the extraordinary accuracy of the fire. I believe that with effective guns the same precision of fire would have sunk or driven back the flotilla. The formal surrender was made to the naval forces; Lieutenant-Commander Phelps acting for Flag-Officer Foote, and I representing General Tilghman. The number captured, including Tilghman and staff, hospital attendants and some stragglers from the infantry, amounted to about seventy. During the evening a large number of army officers came into the fort, to whom I was introdu
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles. Volume 1., Sawing out the channel above Island number10. (search)
ir lives. During the whole work not a man was killed, injured, or taken sick. While all this was being done in front of the boats, Lieutenant Randolph was at work with his detachment in the rear in improvising gun-boats to supply the lack of Foote's. The barges used were coal-barges, about eighty feet long and twenty wide, scow-shaped, with both ends alike. The sides were six inches thick, and of solid timber. The original plan was to use three of the steamboats with a barge on each sidetection was prepared for a large number of sharp-shooters. The boats and barge gun-boats were kept concealed in the bayou, just back from New Madrid, for a day or two, till the soldiers could be prepared for the passage and attack. Meanwhile Foote concluded to risk the passage of the island with the Carondelet and afterward with the Pittsburgh, and the whole plan was changed; the gun-boats could move so much more rapidly that they were to silence the Confederate field-guns, while the trans