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Daniel Ammen, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 7.2, The Atlantic Coast (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 9: reduction of Newbern—the Albemarle. (search)
send a sufficient force to destroy her. The Navy Department ordered Captain Melancton Smith, an officer of ability and experience, to the sounds of North Carolinae ram at all hazards, if possible. Admiral Lee, in an official letter to Captain Smith, alludes to his former instructions and adds: Entrusted by the Department we promise of high tides, and we soon find them ready for operating. Captain Melancton Smith hoisted his flag on board of the double-ender Mattabesett, Commander Fron of the approach of the Albemarle. No mention is made of that vessel by Captain Smith, or in the several reports of the different commanding officers. The Miamid side, at a speed estimated by her commanding officer of ten knots, and by Captain Smith on board of the Mattabesett at half that velocity. On being struck, the Al, or of the purposes for which the Albemarle and her two consorts went out. Captain Smith reports the appearance of the vessel again on the 24th of May, near the mou
Daniel Ammen, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 7.2, The Atlantic Coast (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Appendix. (search)
, rifled. ShawshenActing-Master Woodward2 20-pdrs, rifled. GraniteMaster's Mate Boomer1 32-pdr. X.—Names of commanding officers and the batteries of vessels that engaged the ram Albemarle, May 5, 1864. Mattabesett, flag-ship of Captain Melancton Smith, commanded by Commander John C. Febiger. Battery: 2 100-pounder Parrott rifles, expended 27 solid shot; 4 Ix-inch Dahlgrens, expended 23 solid shot; 4 24-pounder howitzers, expended 1 shrapnel; 2 12-pounder howitzers, expended 1 shell. 6 32-pdrs324 Line no. 2. MinnesotaLanman1 150-pdr., rifled8913230 4 100-pdrs., rifled 1 Xi-inch shell gun.70 42 Ix-inch shell guns.1,495 ColoradoThatcher1 150-pdr., rifled3140 1 Xi-inch shell gun30 46 Ix-inch shell guns756 WabashSmith1 150-pdr., rifled1540120 42 Ix-inch shell guns1,781 SusquehannaGrodon2 150-pdrs. rifled2153158 12 Ix-inch shell guns643 PowhatanSchenck3 100. pdr., rifledNot given.3197 1 Xl-inch shell gun 14 Ix-inch shell guns JuniataPhelps1 100. pdr.,
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hawsheen the, 177, 181, 183, 186, 194, 196 et seq. Shenandoah, the, 156, 217, 228 Sherman, General T. W., 14, 17 (note); his report on Port Royal expedition, 32 et seq.; moves against Port Royal Ferry, 43, 47, 59, 152 et seq.; 242 et seq. Shokokon, the, 196 Shuttleworth, Captain, 166 Simms, Mate, 237 Sketches: of the Atlanta, 119; of torpedo-boats, 140 Small, Robert, colored pilot of the Planter, 65, 67 Smith, Captain, Joseph, Chief of Yards and Docks, 3 Smith, Captain, Melancton, 204 et seq., 207, 210 Snell, Lieutenant-Commander, 70 Soley, Professor, volume of, 120 Sonoma, the, 152 et seq., 155 et seq. Southfield, the, 177 et seq., 189 et seq., 201 et seq., 212, 214 Speidel, Major, 46 Sproston, Lieutenant John G., killed, 69 Squadron, Mississippi, 216 Squadron, North Atlantic, 216 Squadron, West Gulf, 216 Star of the South, the, U. S. transport, 49 Stars and Stripes, the, U. S. vessel, 177, 189, 193 State fealty,