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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 10. (ed. Frank Moore) 46 0 Browse Search
Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War. 38 0 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 4. (ed. Frank Moore) 36 0 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 34 0 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 4. (ed. Frank Moore) 28 0 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2 24 0 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, A book of American explorers 20 0 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) 14 0 Browse Search
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4. 14 0 Browse Search
D. H. Hill, Jr., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 4, North Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 14 0 Browse Search
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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 10. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 17 (search)
r ashore, where the falling freshet in the Roanoke River will leave her. Be sure and not have thttabesett, at anchor, Albemarle Sound, off Roanoke River, May 5, 1864. Sir: I would respectfullyicket boats stationed off the mouth of the Roanoke River to be falling back, as ordered when the raeir heads pointing towards the entrance of Roanoke River, distance about ten (10) miles. At forty es steamer Wyalusing, Albemarle Sound, off Roanoke River, May 6, 1864. Sir: In obedience to your United States steamer Commodore Hull, off Roanoke River, N. C., May 6, 1864. Sir: I have the ho, off Edenton Bay, across to the mouth of the Roanoke, for the purpose of putting down torpedoes. en growing dark; the ram steamed up to the Roanoke River, and the firing soon ceased on both sides. United States steamer Whitehead, off Roanoke River, N. C., May 6, 1864. Sir: I have the hom, meanwhile, commenced to retreat towards Roanoke River. Being ordered by you to take my positi[12 more...]
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 10. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 19 (search)
P. M., by five volunteers from the steamer Wyalusing, to destroy the iron-clad Albemarle. The party left at two o'clock P. M. on the twenty-fifth instant, (having made a reconnoissance two days before,) and ascended the Middle River in the Mattabesett's dingey, with two torpedoes, (each containing one hundred pounds of powder,) and their appendages, which they transported on a stretcher across the island swamps. Charles Baldwin, coal-heaver, and John W. Lloyd, coxswain, then swam the Roanoke River, with a line, and hauled the torpedoes over to the Plymouth shore, above the town. They were then connected by a bridle, floated down with the current, and guided by Charles Baldwin, who designed to place them across the bow of the ram--one on either side-and Allen Crawford, fireman, who was stationed on the opposite side of the river, in the swamp, was to explode them on a given signal. Everything had worked favorably from the time of starting, until the torpedoes were within a few