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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 4. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 28 (search)
6. The gunboats under my command, the Essex, Commander Porter; the Carondelet, Commander Walke; the Cincinnati, Commander Stembel; the St. Louis, Lieut. Commanding Paulding; the Conestoga, Lieut. Commanding Phelps; the Tyler, Lieut. Commanding Gwin; and the Lexington, Lieut. Commanding Shirk, after a severe and rapid fire of an hour and a quarter, have captured Fort Henry, and taken Gen. Lloyd Tilghman and his staff, and sixty men as prisoners. The surrender to the gunboats was unconditionader Stembel, (the flag-ship;) the Essex, Commander Porter; the Carondelet, Commander Walke; and the St. Louis, Lieut. Commanding Paulding; also taking with me the three old gunboats Conestoga, Lieut. Commanding Phelps; the Tyler, Lieut. Commanding Gwin; and the Lexington, Lieut. Commanding Shirk, as a second division, in charge of Lieut. Commanding Phelps, which took a position astern and in-shore of the armed boats, doing good execution there in the action, while the armed boats were placed in
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 4. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 34 (search)
r being the slowest of the gunboats, Lieutenant Commanding Gwin landed a force to destroy a portion by them, we proceeded up the river. Lieutenant Commanding Gwin had destroyed some of the trestle-wos to leave his papers behind. These Lieutenant Commanding Gwin brought away, and I send them to youdly armed. After consultation with Lieutenants Commanding Gwin and Shirk, I determined to make a l highly creditable to them. Lieuts. Commanding Gwin and Shirk have been untiring, and I owe to themhe Tyler being the slowest of the gunboats, Lieut. Gwin landed a force to destroy a portion of the me up. They all proceeded up the river. Lieut. Gwin had destroyed some of the trestle-work at tpitation as to leave his papers behind him. Lieut. Gwin got possession of these; they consisted of ank, and everthing at hand to complete her. Lieut. Gwin remained with the Tyler to guard the prize,the absence of the Conestoga and Lexington, Lieut. Gwin enlisted twenty-five Tennesseeans, who gave[5 more...]
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 4. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 74 (search)
ieut. Commanding Shirk has this moment arrived from the Tennessee River, and brings full despatches from Lieut. Commanding Gwin, of the gunboat Tyler, a synopsis of which is, that the two gunboats proceeded up to Pittsburgh, near the Mississippi linelsed with great slaughter. The casualties on our side amounted to five killed and missing and five wounded. Lieutenants Commanding Gwin and Shirk, with their commands, have behaved with great gallantry and judgment. An election for town-office resulted in two hundred votes for the Union and thirteen for secession. A. H. Foote, Flag-Officer. Lieut. Commanding Gwin's report. United States gunboat Tyler, Savannah, Tenn., March 1, 1862. sir: Having learned that the rebels had occe Lieut. Commanding Shirk's report. Hoping that my course will meet your approbation, I have the honor to be, etc., Wm. Gwin, Lieut. Commanding. Flag-Officer A. H. Foote. The report of Acting-Surgeon Thomas H. Kearney states the casualties
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 4. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 118 (search)
This point was guarded by the gunboats Tyler and Lexington, Capts. Gwin and Shirk, commanding, with four twenty-four-pounder Parrott guns, a of the gunboats Tyler and Lexington, and their able commanders, Capts. Gwin and Shirk. During the night the divisions under Generals Critof Gen. Crittenden, Lyne Starling, A. A. G. Report of Lieutenant William Gwin. U. S. Gunboat Tyler, Pittsburgh, Tenn., April 8, 186eport of Lieutenant Commanding Shirk. Your obedient servant, William Gwin, Lieutenant Commmanding Division of Gunboats on Tennessee Riverder way and stood up the river to communicate with Lieut. Commanding Gwin, of the Tyler. Upon reaching the place I found that an attack had bAt one A. M. on the seventh, I relieved the Tyler, Lieut. Commanding Gwin, in a position immediately above the landing, and fired until dayligter an artillery contest of some duration the enemy fell back. Capt. Gwin, U. S. N., had called upon me by one of his officers to mark the
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