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Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Chapter 20: (search)
y appreciated. I am not aware that torpedoes had been placed in York River to prevent the entrance of the enemy's vessels; indeed, at that time, but little progress had been made in the development of that means of harbor and river defense. General Rains, as will be seen hereafter, had matured his invention of sensitive fuse primers for sub-terra shells, and proposed their use for floating torpedoes. Subsequently he did much to advance knowledge in regard to making torpedoes efficient agains Army of the Potomac, Swinton, p. 117. After the battle of Williamsburg our army continued its retreat up the Peninsula. Here, for the first time, sub-terra shells were employed to check a marching column. The event is thus described by General Rains, the inventor: On the day we left Williamsburg, after the battle, we worked hard to get our artillery and some we had captured over the sloughs about four miles distant. On account of the tortuous course of the road, we could not bring a
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Chapter 21: (search)
scarcely been repulsed when Ewell became seriously engaged with Fremont, moving on the opposite side of the river. The enemy pushed forward, driving in the pickets, which, by gallant resistance, checked their advance until Ewell had time to select his position on a commanding ridge, with a rivulet and open ground in front, woods on both flanks, and the road to Port Republic intersecting his line. Trimble's brigade was posted on the right, the batteries of Courtney, Lusk, Brockenbrough, and Rains in the center, Stuart's brigade on the left, and Elzey's in rear of the center. Both wings were in the woods. About ten o'clock the enemy posted his artillery opposite our batteries, and a fire was kept up for several hours, with great spirit on both sides. Meantime a brigade of the enemy advanced, under cover, upon General Trimble, who reserved his fire until they reached short range, when he poured forth a deadly volley, under which they fell back; Trimble, supported by two regiments of
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Chapter 27: (search)
McClellan was in command of the enemy's forces below Richmond, it was observed that they had more than a hundred vessels in the James River, as if they were about to make an advance by that way upon the city. This led to an order placing General G. J. Rains in charge of the submarine defenses; on the James River opposite Drewry's Bluff the first submarine torpedo was made. The secret of all his future success consisted in the sensitive primer, which is unrivaled by any other means to explodeght by floating torpedoes, connected together by twos by a rope one hundred thirty yards long, buoyed up and stretched across the current by two boats, which were to be dropped in ebbing tide to float down among the vessels. This plan, says General Rains, was opposed by General Gilmer of the engineer corps on the ground that they might float back and destroy our own boat. One was sent down to go in the midst of the fleet, and made its mark. An act of devoted daring was here performed by Com
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Index (search)
Maurice, 201. Powhatan (ship), 207-08. Prentiss, General, 48, 50. Preston, General, 361. Prestonburg, Battle of, 15. Price, General, Sterling, 39, 40, 326-27, 328, 329, 496. Prisoners. Treatment, 9-10. Exchange, 11-13, 492-98, 501-13. Pritchard, Colonel, 595. Edward, 200. Private property confiscation, 138-39. Protestant Episcopal Church South, established, 634. Pryor, General, 103, 131. Q Queen of the West (ship). Capture of the Indianola, 202-03. R Rains, Gen. G. J., 68, 354, 481. Description of use of sub-terra shells, 78-79. Command of submarine defense, 174-75. Gen. George W., 93, 131, 481. Raleigh (frigate), 171. Raleigh (tug), 165, 166. Rails, General, 597. Ramseur, General, 438, 449, 450, 451, 452, 453, 454. Randolph, General, 70, 75, 82, 170. Testimony concerning evacuation of Norfolk, 75. Ransom, Gen., Robert, 1.33, 294, 426, 428-29, 430, 431. Read, Lt. C. W., 219. Reagan, John H., 579, 581, 589-90, 594, 595. Reams' Stati