hide
Named Entity Searches
hide
Matching Documents
The documents where this entity occurs most often are shown below. Click on a document to open it.
| Document | Max. Freq | Min. Freq | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War. | 2 | 0 | Browse | Search |
| Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events, Diary from December 17, 1860 - April 30, 1864 (ed. Frank Moore) | 1 | 1 | Browse | Search |
| View all matching documents... | ||||
Your search returned 3 results in 2 document sections:
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events, Diary from December 17, 1860 - April 30, 1864 (ed. Frank Moore), 1863 , November
November 21.
The steamer Welcome was attacked this morning at Waterproof, La., by guerrillas, with cannon planted on the levee, and twelve balls and shells fired through and into the cabin and other parts of the boat, besides nearly three hundred Minie balls from the sharpshooters along the banks of the river.--Acting Master J. F. D. Robinson, commander of the Satellite, and Acting Ensign Henry Walters, who was in command of the Reliance, were dismissed from the Navy of the United States, for gross dereliction in the case of the capture of their vessels on the twenty-third of August, 1863.
The Department of the Navy regretted the necessity of this action in the case of Acting Ensign Walters, inasmuch as the Court report that during the attack he acted with bravery and to the best of his ability, and which, in some measure, relieves his want of precaution against surprise from its otherwise inexcusable character, and shows that his failure to take them proceeded more from inexp
Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War., Chapter 35 North Atlantic Squadron , 1863