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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., chapter 7.51 (search)
r the waters toward the fort and pilot town, enabling John W. Bennett, commanding one of the enemy's gun-boats, and George W. Harrison, commanding the other, to shape their courses for safety, in shoal water, and finally under Fort Morgan. Gherardi etacomet was sent to Pensacola with the wounded of both sides, including Admiral Buchanan. In his report he accuses Captain Harrison of the Morgan of deserting the Selma. Captain Harrison in his report, on the other hand, charges Captain Murphy of tCaptain Harrison in his report, on the other hand, charges Captain Murphy of the Selma with running away and with bad seamanship. Those who witnessed the fight at close quarters will not accept Captain Harrison's view, and the record of killed and wounded tells the story. On the Morgan one man was slightly wounded, on the SeCaptain Harrison's view, and the record of killed and wounded tells the story. On the Morgan one man was slightly wounded, on the Selma eight were killed and seven wounded.; and there is no doubt that the Selma was better managed and did more harm to the Union fleet than the two other rebel gun-boats combined. Captain Murphy of the Selma, in his official report, written like tho
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., The opposing forces at Mobile. (search)
di, 1 100-pounder Parrott pivot, 1 10-inch, 2 9-inch, 2 50-pounder Dahlgren rifles, 2 howitzers. Gun-boats. Kennebec, Lieut.-Com. W. P. McCann, 1 11-inch, 1 20-pounder, 3 howitzers; Itasca, Lieut.-Com. George Brown, 1 11-inch, 2 32-pounders, 2 20-pounders, 1 howitzer. Confederate fleet.--Admiral Franklin Buchanan, commanding. Iron-Clad ram. Tennessee (flag-ship), Com. J. D. Johnston, 2 7-inch Brooke rifles, 4 6.4-inch Brooke rifles. Side-wheel gun-boats. Morgan, Com. George W. Harrison, 2 7-inch rifles, 4 32-pounders; Gaines, Lieut. J. W. Bennett, 1 8-inch rifle, 5 32-pounders; Selma, Com. P. U. Murphy, 1 6-inch rifle, 3 8-inch shell guns. Land operations against Mobile.--August 5th-23d, 1864. the Union forces were immediately commanded by Maj.-Gen. Gordon Granger (with Maj.-Gen. E. R. S. Canby as his superior), and consisted of the following organizations: Infantry, 77th 111., 94th Ill., 67th Ind., 20th Iowa, 34th Iowa, 38th Iowa, 161st N. Y., 96th Ohio, 20
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., The ram Tennessee at Mobile Bay. (search)
wooden vessels of our squadron. The Selma was speedily captured by one of these, the Metacomet, after a gallant resistance, during which seven of her crew and her executive officer were killed, and her commander, Lieutenant P. U. Murphy, was slightly wounded. The Gaines, commanded by Lieutenant John W. Bennett, which was run ashore near Fort Morgan to prevent her from sinking, had. received several shots below the water-line, and at night was burned by her own crew. The Morgan, Commander George W. Harrison, ran alongside the wharf at the fort to escape capture, and during the night passed safely through the enemy's fleet up to the city of Mobile. She afterward rendered good service in the defense of the city. While this sort of by-play was in progress the heavier ships of the fleet, together with the monitors, steamed up the bay to a point about four miles above Fort Morgan, where they were in the act of anchoring when it was discovered that the ram was approaching with hostile
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 4. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 72 (search)
Thatcher,Thos. R. Rootes, John S. Missroon,H. J. Hartstene, Richard L. Page,J. L. Henderson, Frederick Chatard,Wm. T. Muse, Arthur Sinclair,Thos. T. Hunter, C. H. A. H. Kennedy,Chas. F. McIntosh. Thomas W. Brent,  Lieutenants. James W. Cooke,Jno. W. Bennett, C. F. M. Spottswood,J. H. Carter, W. L. Maury,Aug. McLaughlin, F. B. Renshaw,Wm. H. Parker, Robt. B. Pegram,J. P. Jones, Geo. T. Sinclair,Wm. L. Powell, C. B. Poindexter,W. H. Murdaugh, Henry H. Lewis,John M. Brooke, Geo. W. Harrison,John Kell, John N. Maffit,J. H. Rochelle, Wash. Gwathmey,Robt. D. Minor, Wm. A. Wayne,D. P. McCorkle, Peter U. Murphy,Wm. Sharp, Isaac N. Brown,Joseph Fry, John J. Guthrie,Chas. P. McGary, Jos. N. Barney,H. Davidson, Thos. B. Huger,Robt. R. Carter, Jno. Rutledge,O. F. Johnston, C. ap C. Jones,Beverley Kennon, Van R. Morgan,J. R. Eggleston, Edw. L. Winder,J. R. Hamilton, Joel S. Kennard,B. P. Loyall, Jno. Wilkinson,R. T. Chapman, C. M. Morris,J. W. Dunnington C. M. Fauntl
The Daily Dispatch: may 31, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
April, 1861. Lieutenant C. Ap. R. Jones, from the 17th of April, 1861. Lieutenant Charles P. McGary, from the 25th of April, 1861. Lieutenant W. A. Wayne, from the 1st of May, 1861. Lieutenant Wm. L. Maury, from the 20th of April, 1861. Lieutenant Geo. H. Bier, from the 14th of May, 1861. Lieutenant J. D. Danels, from the 14th of May, 1861. Lieutenant J. D. Johnson, from the 10th of April, 1861. Lieutenant Reginald Fairfax, from the 15th of April, 1861. Lieutenant Geo. W. Harrison, from the 17th of April, 1861. Lieutenant J. H. Carter, from the 25th of April, 1861. Lieutenant John W. Dunnington, from the 26th of April, 1861. Lieutenant Augustus McLaughlin, from the 23d of April, 1861. Lieutenant James W. Cooke, from the 2d of May, 1861. Lieutenant R. R. Carter, from the 2d of April, 1861. Lieutenant Wm. A. Webb, from the 20th of May, 1861. Lieutenant Jno. S. Taylor, (reserved list,) from the 18th of April, 1861. Lieutenant B. W. Hunt
The Daily Dispatch: August 15, 1864., [Electronic resource], Our prisoners at Fort Delaware. (search)
mmander was James D. Johnson, with Lieutenants William L. Bradford, A. D. Wharton and F. J. McDermott. The Gaines and Morgan were sister vessels, with their engines (high-pressure) partially protected by 10-inch plates; magazine not entirely below the water-line. They each mounted two banded 32- pounder rifles of fifty-seven hundred weight, four smooth 32's, of fifty-seven hundred weight, and four smooth-bore 32's, of forty-two hundred weight. The Gaines was commanded by First Lieutenant John W. Bennett, and the Morgan by Commander Geo. W. Harrison. The Selma was formerly the steamer Florida, a packet between Mobile and New Orleans, and had her boiler protected by a plating of 1-inch iron; engines not protected. She was commanded by First Lieutenant P. A. Murphy and mounted four guns--two 9-inch Dahlgren, one 8-inch shell gun and one 32-pounder banded rifle, of fifty-seven hundred weight. The three wooden vessels are large side-wheel steamers, totally unfit for vessels of war.
The Daily Dispatch: August 16, 1864., [Electronic resource], Northern News. (search)
onspicuous position on board and the fullest opportunity to display your bravery and naval knowledge. As patriots, you will, I am sure, jump at the opportunity thus offered to serve your country. Very respectfully,Your obedient servant, George W. Harrison, Commander Confederate States Navy. The editor of the Advertiser replies as follows: A thousand thanks to Captain George W. Harrison, of the Confederate States steamer Morgan, for his polite invitation, and we have to regCaptain George W. Harrison, of the Confederate States steamer Morgan, for his polite invitation, and we have to regret that it was only received yesterday morning, "the day after the wedding." Had it been in our power to have accepted the invitation, and had we "occupied the most conspicuous position on board," we should still have been in the land of the living to acknowledge his courtesy, for "the most conspicuous position" appears, by the result of the fight, to have been an eminently safe one. Except an engineer, "slightly wounded" by a splinter, "nobody was hurt" on board the Morgan. A small Libr