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Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Chapter 20: (search)
ninsula sub-terra shells used evacuation of Norfolk its occupation by the enemy. In A previout of ordinary vessels. The fortifications at Norfolk and the navy-yard, together with batteries atom the Peninsula, and of General Huger's from Norfolk, to be united with the main body of the army yard and removal of public property both from Norfolk and Peninsula. Your announcement to-day thatthe Navy, Mallory, to proceed to Yorktown and Norfolk to see whether the evacuation could not be poss, said: A few hours after we arrived in Norfolk, an officer from General Johnston's army mades usefulness. General Huger, commanding at Norfolk, and Captain Lee, commanding the navy-yard, b Monroe, and on May 8th an expedition against Norfolk by the troops under General Wool was contempl President to undertake an expedition against Norfolk. Max Weber's brigade was speedily embarked, y deserted. General Wool reached the city of Norfolk, which had been given up to its peaceful inha[11 more...]
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Chapter 21: (search)
neral Johnston's position defenses of James River attack on Fort Drewry Johnston crosses the Chickahominy position of McClellan position of McDowell strength of opposing forces Jackson's expedition down the Shenandoah Valley panic at Washington and the North movements to intercept Jackson his rapid movements Repulses Fremont advance of Shields fall of Ashby battle of Port Republic results of this campaign. The withdrawal of our army to the Chickahominy, the abandonment of Norfolk, the destruction of the Virginia, and the opening of the lower James River, together with the fact that McClellan's army, by changing his base to the head of York River, was in a position to cover the approach to Washington, and thus to remove the objections which had been made to sending the large force retained for the defense of that city to make a junction with McClellan, all combined to give a new phase to our military problem. Soon after, General Johnston took position on the north
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Chapter 27: (search)
eral Taliaferro, in command of Virginia forces, arrived at Norfolk. Commodore McCauley, United States Navy, and commandant ors and wounded were immediately sent up to the hospital at Norfolk. During the night the Monitor, an ironclad turret-steamhed position of much natural strength. The two positions, Norfolk and the Peninsula, were necessary to each other, and the cula was held, it was deemed possible to keep possession of Norfolk. On May 1st General Johnston, commanding on the Peninsuded to retreat, sent an order to General Huger to evacuate Norfolk. The Secretary of War, General Randolph, having arrived just at that time in Norfolk, assumed the authority of postponing the execution of the order until he [General Huger] could rer to obstruct the retreat of the garrisons of the forts at Norfolk and its surroundings. When our army had been withdrawn from the Peninsula, and Norfolk had been evacuated, and the James River did not furnish depth of channel which would suffice fo
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Chapter 28: (search)
New Orleans, between July 1, 1861, and the fall of the city, to have been one hundred ninety-seven, and that before July twentythree guns had been sent there from Norfolk, being a total of two hundred twenty guns, of which forty-five were of large caliber, supplied by the Navy Department for the defense of New Orleans. Very soonand to proceed forthwith with the necessary alteration and armament. In the latter part of 1861, it having been found impossible with the means in Richmond and Norfolk to answer the requisitions for ordnance and ordnance stores required for the naval defenses of the Mississippi, a laboratory was established in New Orleans, and a effectual barrier across the river, and I was anxious that the navy should afford all possible aid. . . . A large number of anchors were sent to New Orleans from Norfolk for the raft. Though much more might be added, it is hoped that what has been given above will sufficiently attest the zeal and capacity of the Secretary of t
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Chapter 49: (search)
appointed to visit the prisoners we held, relieve their necessities, and provide for their comfort at the expense of the United States. It is impossible to conceive any reason for such conduct, unless it was to exasperate and fire up the Northern heart, as it was expressed, and thus cause the people to make greater efforts for our devastation. This action on the part of the government was at a later day known by the expression waving the bloody shirt. The commissioners arrived at Norfolk, Virginia, but were not allowed to proceed any further. A readiness on our part to negotiate for a general exchange was manifested, and agreed to by them. This was subsequently approved at Washington. Shortly afterward, on February 14, 1862, an arrangement was made between General Howell Cobb on our part and General Wool, the commander at Fortress Monroe, by the terms of which the prisoners of war in the hands of each government were to be exchanged man for man, the officers being assimilated
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Chapter 53: (search)
sagreeable necessity, and therefore every opportunity was allowed to the owners of that and other articles of export to place them, if possible, beyond the danger of being applied to the use of the hostile government. There is no similitude between the destruction of public property made by us and the like act of the invader in our country. The property we destroyed belonged to the Confederate States only. Armories and shipyards destroyed by them—those, for instance, at Harpers Ferry and Norfolk—were the property of the states in common, which the Federal government had emphatically declared it was its bounden duty to preserve, and which was its first plea in justification of the act of sending an armed force against the Southern states. The conflagration at Richmond occurred on the morning of April 3d, after I had left the city, and I therefore have only such knowledge in regard to it as was subsequently acquired from others. Those who would learn specifically the facts and sp
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Index (search)
ing abandonment of Magruder's defense, 70. Telegram to J. E. Johnston concerning evacuation of Norfolk, 74. Presence at battle of Seven Pines, 101-103. Conference with Lee, 108-09. Address to arm Early, Gen. Jubal E. 309, 310, 434, 439, 441, 445. Extract from narrative on evacuation of Norfolk, 76. Extract from report of operations before Williamsburg, 76-78. Description of Colonel War 590, 591,592,598. Assumes command of Peninsula army, 72-73. Conduct concerning evacuation of Norfolk, 74-75. Position after retreat from lower peninsula, 84. Retreat across Chickahominy, 85-86. al, 364, 490. Palmetto State (ironclad), 172. Paris, Comte de, 87. Account of occupation of Norfolk, 82. Account of McClellan's action after Johnston's withdrawal across the Chickahominy, 86. C50, 451, 452, 453, 454. Randolph, General, 70, 75, 82, 170. Testimony concerning evacuation of Norfolk, 75. Ransom, Gen., Robert, 1.33, 294, 426, 428-29, 430, 431. Read, Lt. C. W., 219. Reagan,