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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2 30 0 Browse Search
William H. Herndon, Jesse William Weik, Herndon's Lincoln: The True Story of a Great Life, Etiam in minimis major, The History and Personal Recollections of Abraham Lincoln by William H. Herndon, for twenty years his friend and Jesse William Weik 24 0 Browse Search
John G. Nicolay, A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln, condensed from Nicolay and Hayes' Abraham Lincoln: A History 14 0 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 3. (ed. Frank Moore) 10 0 Browse Search
George P. Rowell and Company's American Newspaper Directory, containing accurate lists of all the newspapers and periodicals published in the United States and territories, and the dominion of Canada, and British Colonies of North America., together with a description of the towns and cities in which they are published. (ed. George P. Rowell and company) 8 0 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 6 0 Browse Search
Daniel Ammen, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 7.2, The Atlantic Coast (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 6 0 Browse Search
Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War. 4 0 Browse Search
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 2. 4 0 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: October 7, 1861., [Electronic resource] 2 0 Browse Search
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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 2: the Port Royal expedition. (search)
to destination—to be opened only in the event of separation—this motley force, numbering fifty vessels, steamed out of Hampton Roads on the morning of the 29th of October. There was considerable delay in forming a double echelon line outside of Cape Henry, and then the fleet proceeded slowly toward Cape Hatteras. The day previous to this force leaving, the flag-officer had despatched twenty-five coal-laden schooners relieved in part of their cargoes, under convoy of the sail sloop of war Vandalia, with orders to rendezvous off Tybee Bar in the event of parting company. This with the view of concealing the destination of the fleet. At 1 A. M. of the 31st the breeze was fresh from the eastward, and the sea rough. Owing to the set of the current and by getting too far to leeward, two of the transports struck lightly on Hatteras shoals, when, with a view to their safety, they all steamed out to the eastward, causing some confusion. After passing Hatteras the course was shaped alon
asCommander Percival Drayton1 XI-in. pivot, 4 32-pounders. PawneeLieut.--Com'g R. H. Wyman8 IX.-in. pivot, 2 12-pounder rifles. UnadillaLt.-Com'g Napoleon Collins1 XI in. pivot, 1 20-pdr. rifle, 2 24-pdr. howitzers. OttawaLt-Com'g T. H. Stevens1 XI-in. pivot, 1 20-pounder rifle, 2 24-pounder howitzers. PembinaLt.-Com'g J. P. Bankhead1 XI-in. pivot, 1 20-pounder rifle, 2 24-pounder howitzers. SenecaLt.-Com'g Daniel Ammen1 XI-in. pivot, 1 20-pounder rifle, 2 24-pounder howitzers. Vandalia (sailing sloop)Commander F. L. Haggerty4 Viii-in., 16 32-pounders. The vessels above the line were built for war purposes, those below it were purchased. Isaac SmithLt.-Com'g J. W. A. Nicholson1 30-pdr. rifle, afterward 8 Xiii-in. BienvilleCommander Chas. Steedman8 32-pounders. AugustaCommander B. G. Parrott8 32-pounders. PenguinLieut.-Com'g T. A. Budd4 32-pounders. CurlewLt.-Com'g P. G. Watmough6 32-pounders, 1 30-pounder rifle. R. B. ForbesLt.-Com'g H. S. Newcomb2 32-pounders.
33 United States, Second Artillery of, 165 United States Navy, position of ships at opening of war, 6; compared with that of Confederacy, 9; demonstration in Wassaw Sound, 46 et seq.; force in St. Andrew's Inlet, 48 et seq.; disaster to, in Charleston Harbor, 75 et seq., 100 et seq. Upshur, Lieutenant, 43 Urann, Master, 63 V. Valley City, the, 177, 181, 183 et seq., 189, 191, 213 et seq. Van Alstine, C. J., 81 Van Brunt. Captain G. I., 165 Vance, the, 228 Vandalia, the, U. S. sloop, 15, 26 Vanderbilt, the, 228 Vera Cruz, Union vessels at, 6 et seq. Vermont, the, U. S. vessel, 71 Vidette, the, 179 Virginia, the, 82 Vixen, the, U. S. steamer, 18 et seq., 36 et seq., 39 et seq., 72 W. Wabash, the, U. S. frigate, 7, 13, 15, et seq., 21, 23, 27, 32 43, 46, 50, 52, 55, 59, 62, 72, 122, 148, 165 et seq., 228 Wagner, Fort, see Fort Wagner Walker, Fort, see Fort Walker Wallace, Ensign, 72 Wamsutta, the, 64 Wando,