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Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War., Chapter 55: operations of the Mississippi Squadron in the latter part of 1864 and in 1865. (search)
stant Surgeons, G. H. Bixby and J. F. Field; Acting-Assistant Paymaster, A. W. Pearson; Acting-Master's Mate, R. G. Van Ness; Engineers: Acting-Chief, Wm. J. Buffinton; Acting-First-Assistant, Wm. Sprague; Acting-Second-Assistant, W. M. Fletcher; Acting-Third-Assistants, W. H. Vanwert and J. T. English; Acting-Carpenter, Harlow Kinney. Tug Fern. Acting-Ensign, John M. Kelly; Acting-Master's Mate, Jacob Bomgarnar; Engineers: Acting-Second-Assistant, John Reed; Acting-Third-Assistant, A. K. Porter. Tug Mistletoe. Acting-Ensign, Janes L. Lingley; Acting-Master's Mate, John Thompson; Engineers: Acting-Second-Assistant, D. S. Miller; Acting-Third-Assistant, Allison Haywood. Tug Mignonette. Acting-Ensign, H. D. Green; Engineers: Acting-Second-Assistant, W. L. Calhoun; Acting-Third-Assistant, G. W. Pyle. Tug Myrtle. Acting-Ensign, Isaac N. Goldsmith; Engineers: Acting-Second-Assistant, Geo. Longwell; Acting-Third-Assistant, J. H. Wright. Tug Pansy. Acting-Ensig
Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War., Chapter 56: commerce-destroyers.-their inception, remarkable career, and ending. (search)
o take the Florida back to Brazil with all his prisoners, and deliver the vessel to the Brazilian Government intact. For this purpose the Florida was sent to Admiral Porter, at Hampton Roads, that she might be properly prepared for sea. The expedition against Fort Fisher was then fitting out, and the Roads were crowded with vestream an army transport came in collision with her, but did her no damage. It was reported that the collision was intentional, and to avoid further accident Admiral Porter directed the Florida to be stripped of everything valuable, her guns taken out and the vessel moored securely head and stern at Newport News, just at the spotpredations on their commerce, and it would have been a most humiliating duty for Commander Collins to perform. When the sinking of the vessel was reported to Admiral Porter, he merely said, Better so ; while the Secretary of State and Secretary of the Navy never asked any questions about the matter, being too well satisfied to ge