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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles. Volume 1. 51 3 Browse Search
Joseph T. Derry , A. M. , Author of School History of the United States; Story of the Confederate War, etc., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 6, Georgia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 27 1 Browse Search
James Barnes, author of David G. Farragut, Naval Actions of 1812, Yank ee Ships and Yankee Sailors, Commodore Bainbridge , The Blockaders, and other naval and historical works, The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 6: The Navy. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller) 15 1 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 6 0 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 17. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 4 2 Browse Search
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A Roster of General Officers , Heads of Departments, Senators, Representatives , Military Organizations, &c., &c., in Confederate Service during the War between the States. (ed. Charles C. Jones, Jr. Late Lieut. Colonel of Artillery, C. S. A.) 2 0 Browse Search
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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles. Volume 1., chapter 14.55 (search)
ith that of the enemy would soon have brought Tattnall's steamers in unpleasant proximity, and in coise the next day, three steamers commanded by Tattnall made their appearance in like manner. It so ven bells, when the sun is over the foreyard, Tattnall's flag-ship Savannah, accompanied by a steameransports within the bar from any attempts of Tattnall; that he knew him well; that he had courage ad of many years, who was in command of one of Tattnall's vessels, writes as follows: There is one tot I think deserves record. When the old hero Tattnall got in good range of Du Pont's flag-ship, andd, and as the Wabash was turning to pass out, Tattnall's gun-boats were seen approaching from the mo turned to join in the attack on Hilton Head, Tattnall's steamers turned also and came toward the flructive that the vessels were retreating, and Tattnall, with his three weak vessels, was then disposuthern troops, if they were defeated. Though Tattnall was a brave and skillful seaman, the law of f[9 more...]
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles. Volume 1., The opposing forces at Port Royal, November 7th, 1861. (search)
Leasure. Third Brigade, Brig.-Gen. Horatio G. Wright: 6th Conn., Col. John L. Chatfield; 7th Conn., Col. Alfred H. Terry; 9th Me., Col. Rishworth Rich; 4th N. H., Col. Thomas J. Whipple. Unattached . 3d R. I., Col. Nathaniel W. Brown; 1st N. Y. Engineers, Col. Edward W. Serrell; Battery E, 3d U. S. Art'y, Capt. John Hamilton. Confederate land forces, Brig.-Gen. Thomas F. Drayton: 4th Ga. Battalion, Lieut.-Col. W. H. Stiles; 9th S. C. (3 co's), Col. William C. Heyward; 12th S. C., Col. R. G. M. Dunovant; 15th S. C., Col. W. D. De Saussure; Beaufort (S. C.) Guerrillas, Capt. J. H. Screven; Ga. Battery, Capt. Jacob Read; 1st S. C. Militia Art'y (2 co's), Col. John A. Wagener. Loss: k, 11; w, 48; m, 7 = 66. Confederate naval forces, Flag-Officer Josiah Tattnall: Savannah (flag-ship), Lieut. John N. Maffitt; Sampson, Lieut. J. S. Kennard; Resolute, Lieut. J. Pembroke Jones. They were small side-wheel steamers, and each carried 2 32-pounders (smooth-bore). There were no casualties.
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles. Volume 1., The first fight of iron-clads. (search)
the shore batteries. Franklin Buchanan, Admiral, C. S. N. Josiah Tattnall, Commodore, C. S. N. Commanders of the Virginia (or Merrimac ) However, the department thought otherwise, and selected Commodore Josiah Tattnall; The explosion on the burning Congress. except Lieutsed at his action. His reply was, Blood is thicker than water. Tattnall took command on the 29th of March. In the meantime the Virginia w by passing between the forts. The day before going down, Commodore Tattnall had written to Secretary Mallory, I see no chance for me but which he had no control into a more painful position than was Commodore Tattnall. But coolly and calmly he decided, and gave orders to destroso much was expected of the ship after our first success. On Commodore Tattnall the most unsparing and cruel aspersions were cast. He prompter of the accused. Wherefore, the court do award the said Captain Josiah Tattnall an honorable acquittal. It only remains now to speak of
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 1: The Opening Battles. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), Engagements of the Civil War with losses on both sides December, 1860-August, 1862 (search)
Losses: Union 90 killed, 173 wounded, 235 missing. Confed. 261 killed, 427 wounded, 278 missing. November 7, 1861: Galveston Harbor, Tex. U. S. Frigate Santee burned the Royal Yacht. Losses: Union I killed, 8 wounded. Confed. 3 wounded. November 7, 1861: Port Royal, S. C. Capture of Fort Beauregard and Fort Walker (Confederate). Union, Du Pont's fleet, 17 vessels, and 3 brigades of land forces under Gen. Thomas W. Sherman. Confed., 3 vessels under Flag-officer Josiah Tattnall, and 1 brigade of land forces under Gen. Thomas F. Drayton. Losses: Union 8 killed, 23 wounded. Confed. 11 killed, 48 wounded, 7 missing. November 8, 1861: seizure of Jas. M. Mason and John Slidell, Confed. Commissioners to Europe on board of British steamer Trent, by U. S. steamer San Jacinto. November 9, 1861: Piketown or Ivy Mountain, Ky. Union, 33d Ohio and Col. Metcalf's Ky. Vols. Confed., Col. J. S. Williams' command. Losses: Union 6 killed, 24
James Barnes, author of David G. Farragut, Naval Actions of 1812, Yank ee Ships and Yankee Sailors, Commodore Bainbridge , The Blockaders, and other naval and historical works, The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 6: The Navy. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), The organization of the Confederate Navy (search)
pril 18, 1864, she started down the river, with the forges and workmen still aboard of her, completing her armor. Next day she sank the Southfield. In the picture she is in Federal hands, having been raised after Cushing's famous exploit had put her hors du combat. The Lady Davis, formerly a tug, was purchased in Baltimore and was the first war-vessel to be put afloat by the State of South Carolina, March 13, 1861. She made several captures of Federal vessels around Charleston and was in Tattnall's little fleet on the sounds. In the picture she is in sharp and significant contrast with the huge sailing frigate whose wooden sides and many guns already belong to a past era. The efforts that brought such vessels as the Albemarle and the Lady Davis into the war marked the beginning of a new American navy. In these pictures both of these formidable vessels have been stripped. morally certain that the ships were to serve in the Confederate navy, there was no tangible evidence upon whi
James Barnes, author of David G. Farragut, Naval Actions of 1812, Yank ee Ships and Yankee Sailors, Commodore Bainbridge , The Blockaders, and other naval and historical works, The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 6: The Navy. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), The most famous naval action of the Civil war (search)
Captain Buchanan commanded her for three days and a little over; Lieutenant Jones, for about the same time, and Flag-Officer Tattnall for forty-five days, yet out of the two months that she was supposed to be in commission and ready to fight, therents, but certainly six months before it would have been suicide for Captain Franklin Buchanan, C. S. N., and Captain Josiah Tattnall, C. S. N., commanding the Virginia ( Merrimac ) It was a task of surpassing difficulty and danger that confroxperiments in all warfare that Captain Buchanan was about to make, and its result revolutionized the American navy. Captain Tattnall, another experienced officer of the old navy, relieved Buchanan on April 11, 1862, and diligently sought a second battle with the Monitor, but it was not accepted. On May 11th the Virginia was destroyed by Tattnall's order. any single vessel of any navy of the world to have challenged this squadron to action. Although the Congress, St. Lawrence, and Cumberland
James Barnes, author of David G. Farragut, Naval Actions of 1812, Yank ee Ships and Yankee Sailors, Commodore Bainbridge , The Blockaders, and other naval and historical works, The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 6: The Navy. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), The actions with the forts (search)
ssion of Fort Pulaski. At the left an 8-inch smooth-bore points upward as the Confederates swung it for use as a mortar against the Federal batteries. Beside it lies one of the mortars, dismounted and rendered useless by the fire from the Federal batteries, while in the lower picture the huge breaches made in the walls of the Fort are vividly apparent. It was no easy task to accomplish all this. Without part of the land expedition; floundering through mud, they protected the troops from Tattnall's flotilla while guns were dragged with difficulty over the marshy surface of Jones Island and placed in position. The doomed garrison refused to surrender on April 10, 1862, and for two days withstood a terrible bombardment from the thirty-six heavy-rifled cannon and mortars. Only when the battered Fort became utterly untenable was it surrendered on April 12th to the besiegers that surrounded it, ready to open fire again. Fort became utterly untenable was it surrendered on April 12th to
James Barnes, author of David G. Farragut, Naval Actions of 1812, Yank ee Ships and Yankee Sailors, Commodore Bainbridge , The Blockaders, and other naval and historical works, The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 6: The Navy. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), Naval actions along the shore (search)
he vessels were gotten over the bar. At daybreak, on the 7th of November, 1861, the war-ships weighed anchor and started in to attack Fort Walker. The fleet was divided into two columns, the Wabash leading. Lying back of the forts was Flag-Officer Tattnall's little flotilla of Confederate river steamers, but as it would have been madness to have opposed the Federal vessels with such make-shifts, Tattnall withdrew into Skull Creek and took no part in the action. The Confederate forces on shTattnall withdrew into Skull Creek and took no part in the action. The Confederate forces on shore were commanded by General Thomas F. Drayton. The circling tactics used by Flag-Officer Du Pont and the tremendous and concentrated fire of his heavy guns quickly bore results, and the lighter-draft vessels, which had taken up an enfilading position to the north of Fort Walker, soon had the latter at their mercy. At twenty The Unadilla Under Lieutenant-Commander N. Collins, the Unadilla took part in the expedition that succeeded in capturing Port Royal, November 9, 1861. The Una
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 7. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Book notices. (search)
Book notices. Life of Commodore Josiah Tattnall. By Colonel Charles C. Jones, Jr. Savannah: Morning News Printing House. We are indebted to the accomplished author for a copy of this very interesting biography of one whose gallant service for fifty years was an honor to the flag he bore, and whose death, after a well-spent life of nearly four score years, was so widely lamented. The book gives a detailed and very interesting account of his ancestry, birth, school days in England, inia is all a romance; but that, on the contrary, after the first encounter the Monitor avoided coming to close quarters with her more powerful antagonist, and declined the gage of battle thrown down to her. The circumstances under which Commodore Tattnall afterwards destroyed the Virginia, to prevent her falling into the hands of the enemy, are detailed, and he is fully exonerated from all blame in the premises. His subsequent career in the Confederate service, his life after the war, and h
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Craney Island, operations at (search)
d the strait. At the same time, fifty large barges, filled with 1,500 sailors and marines, were seen approaching from the British ships. They were led by Admiral Warren's beautiful barge Centipede (so called because of her numerous oars), and made for the narrow strait between Craney Island and the main. Faulkner had his artillery in position, and when the invaders were within proper distance his great guns were opened upon them with terrible effect. The British were repulsed, and hastened back to their ships. Warren's barge, which had a 3-pounder swivel-gun at the bow, with four others, was sunk in the shallow water, when some American seamen, under the direction of Lieutenant Tattnall, waded out, secured the vessels, and dragged them ashore, securing many prisoners. The British loss, in killed, wounded, and missing, was 144; the Americans lost none. The invaders now abandoned all hope of seizing Norfolk, the Constellation, and the navy-yard, and never attempted it afterwards.
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