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James Russell Soley, Professor U. S. Navy, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 7.1, The blockade and the cruisers (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 4 : (search)
Daniel Ammen, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 7.2, The Atlantic Coast (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 3 : strategic Reconnoissances. (search)
Capt. Calvin D. Cowles , 23d U. S. Infantry, Major George B. Davis , U. S. Army, Leslie J. Perry, Joseph W. Kirkley, The Official Military Atlas of the Civil War, Index. (search)
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 26. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Fragments of war history relating to the coast defence of South Carolina , 1861 -‘65 , and the hasty preparations for the Battle of Honey Hill , November 30 , 1864 . (search)
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 2. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book II :—the naval war. (search)
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 4. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book III :—the Third winter. (search)
The Daily Dispatch: July 8, 1861., [Electronic resource], Running the blockade. (search)
Running the blockade.
--The South Carolina schooner Petrel, E O Murden commanding, left South Edisto on Saturday afternoon, at three o'clock; passed North Edisto at 4 o'clock, and made Stono at 5.30 P. M. The officers report that they saw in sight two men-of-war, one a large man-of-war ship and the other a bark-rigged vessel.
These were seen about 20 miles to the Northeast of Charleston bar. The Petrel ran in over the bar, passing the blockaders, was brought to by a shot from Fort Sumter, when nearly abreast of Fort Johnson, and a few moments afterwards was hailed with another shot from Fort Moultrie.
This occurred about 8 o' clock on Saturday evening, and no doubt gave rise to the current rumor, that a boat from the blockading vessels, in attempting a landing, had been fired at from Sumter.
The Petrel anchored in the stream, off the battery yesterday morning, giving a salute as she dropped anchor.
An officer on board reports the blockading vessels on Sunday morning immediate