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General James Longstreet, From Manassas to Appomattox 20 2 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 8. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 15 1 Browse Search
Daniel Ammen, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 7.2, The Atlantic Coast (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 5 1 Browse Search
Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War. 5 5 Browse Search
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register 4 0 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 17. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 4 0 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2 4 0 Browse Search
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4. 3 3 Browse Search
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3. 3 3 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 5. (ed. Frank Moore) 2 2 Browse Search
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Daniel Ammen, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 7.2, The Atlantic Coast (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 4: raid of the Confederate ironclads off Charles-Ton.—attack on Fort M'Allister. (search)
adily and with remarkable precision. At times their fire was terrible. Their mortar firing was unusually fine, a large number of shells bursting directly over the battery. On March 2d the Rear-Admiral had the satisfaction of reporting the destruction of the Nashville, which vessel had been successfully blockaded for eight months. He says: Through the extreme vigilance and spirit of Lieutenant-Commander Davis of the Wissahickon, Lieutenant Barnes of the Dawn, and later, Lieutenant-Commander Gibson, I have been able to keep her so long confined to the waters of the Ogeechee. For some months the Nashville had been loaded with cotton, constantly watchful, yet never ventured an effort to escape. Then she withdrew up the river, and reappeared after a length of time fitted as a privateer. To defend her and the railroad bridge above, Fort McAllister was strengthened, and a diagonal row of piles driven, having a line of torpedoes below them. The vessel had appeared from time
Daniel Ammen, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 7.2, The Atlantic Coast (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 7: operations against Charleston. (search)
Rowan; the Catskill, Commander G. W. Rodgers; the Nantucket, Commander Beaumont; the Weehawken, Commander Colhoun; and the Patapsco, Lieutenant-Commander Badger. At 12.30 the Montauk anchored abreast of Fort Wagner and fired the first gun, the other vessels following. The tide ebbing, the pilot was averse to going nearer. The distance to the fort was about twelve hundred yards. The gunboats Paul Jones, Commander A. C. Rhind; Ottawa, Lieutenant-Commander W. D. Whiting; Seneca, Lieutenant-Commander Wm. Gibson; Chippewa, Lieutenant-Commander T. C. Harris; and Wissahickon, Lieutenant-Commander J. L. Davis, at the same time were using their pivot guns against the fort at long range, and the batteries of General Gillmore, about one thousand yards south, on Morris Island, were firing very deliberately and steadily. At 4 P. M., with a flood-tide, weighed anchor and closed in to within about three hundred yards of the fort, so that for the day not a shot was fired afterward at the vessel
., 42 Foster, Captain I. L., 179 Foster, General, 149, 152, 196 et seq. Fox, Gustavus V., Assistant Sec. of the Navy, 10, 121, 162 Frailey, Commander James M., 81 Freeborn, the, 107 Freeman, Acting-Master, 145 French, Master Charles A., 177 Fundenburg, Surgeon W. F., 80 G. Galveston, Texas, 74 Gatlin, General, 170 Gemsbok, the, 194 George's Creek, the, .S. transport, 49 Georgetown, S. C., 66 Georgia, the, 156, 194 Gettysburg, the, 220 Gibson, Lieutenant-Commander W., 85, 128 Giddings, Master John E., 177, 189 Gillett, Paymaster, 237 Gillis, Commander J. P., 21, 63, 165 Gillmore, General, 122 et seq.; before Fort Wagner, 127 et seq., 133 et seq., 138, 146, 153 Glassell, Lieutenant, 141 Glisson, Commander 0. S., 175, 223 Godon, Commander S. W., 18, 21, 48, 56, 58 Goldsborough, Rear-Admiral L. M., 176 et seq.. 182 Governor, the, U. S. steamer, 14, 17 Granite, the, 177 Grant, General U. S., 215, 227