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Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War., Chapter 21: capture of New Orleans.--first attack on Vicksburg by Farragut's fleet and mortar flotilla.--junction of flag-officers Farragut and Davis above Vicksburg.--ram Arkansas. (search)
ement of this morning, viz: Killed--15. Flag-ship Hartford.--Edward E. Jennings, seaman, from Massachusetts. Richmond.--George Allstrum, ordinary seaman; Thomas Flarity, seaman. Oneida.--Stephen H. Randall, seaman. Pinola.--William H. Thomas, quarter-gunner; Thomas Graham, landsman. Sciota,--Augustine Ellsworth, ordinary seaman. Mortar flotilla.--6 scalded, 1 killed, 1 drowned. Wounded-30. Flag-ship Hartford.--Charles Allen, seaman, slightly; Alexander Capron, landsort: struck the howitzer and carriage, slightly defacing the former and slightly injuring the latter; it also struck the cabin hatch, destroyed the barometer and thermometer, and landed in the port waterways; and, I regret to say, it killed William H. Thomas, quarter-gunner and captain of the gun, while sighting the piece, and mortally wounded Thomas Graham, landsman, who died in a few minutes after; it also slightly wounded William H. Shucks, landsman. Daniel Colleran, landsman, was wounded b
Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War., Chapter 33: (search)
m. A. Andress, John Seaman and W. J. Carman. Ship courier. Acting-Master, W. K. Cressy; Acting-Assistant Surgeon, W. R. Bonsall, Acting-Assistant Paymaster, M. W. Blake; Acting-Master, W. B. Stoddard; Acting-Ensigns, W. P. O'Brien and Wm. McDermott; Acting-Master's Mates, C. J. Hill and E. H. Shee. Bark Fernandina. Acting-Master, Edward Moses; Acting-Assistant Surgeon, S. P. Boyer; Acting-Assistant Paymaster, T. N. Murray; Acting-Masters, R. B. Hines and C. C. Childs; Acting-Ensigns, Wm. H. Thomas; Acting-Master's Mates, J. B. Henderson, W. C. Gibson and Alonzo Townsend. Bark Kingfisher. Acting-Master, J. C. Dutch; Acting-Assistant Surgeon, W. H. Westcott; Acting-Assistant Paymaster, A. N. Blakeman; Acting-Ensigns, S. W. Rhodes and T. E. Chapin; Acting-Master's Mates, Tom. Nelson, H. G. Seaman and Frank Jordan. Bark Braziliera. Acting-Master, W. T. Gillespie; Acting-Assistant Surgeon, S. N. Fisk; Acting-Assistant Paymaster, C. H. Longstreet; Acting-Masters, J.
Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War., Chapter 40: (search)
th of September, General Sherman followed him; but finding that Hood was bound for Nashville, he abandoned the pursuit and returned to Atlanta, where he prepared to march to the sea across the State of Georgia. Sherman's calculation was that General Thomas could collect troops at Nashville; which, with the two army corps sent him by Sherman by way of Chattanooga, would enable him to hold the line of the Tennessee. Everything turned out well, and General Thomas gained a victory that dispersed HGeneral Thomas gained a victory that dispersed Hood's army in every direction, and administered another crushing blow to the Confederate cause. General Sherman was the more induced to hurry his movements from a telegram sent to him by General Grant, in which the latter says: If you were to cut loose, I do not believe you would meet Hood's army, but you would be bushwhacked by all the old men, little boys, and such railroad guards as are left at home. With the dispositions made by the enemy, Sherman felt sure he would have nothing in his r
Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War., Chapter 47: operations of South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, under Rear-admiral Dahlgren, during latter end of 1863 and in 1864. (search)
gns, E. B. Cox; Acting-Master's Mate, C. H. Nicholls. Bark Kingfisher. Acting-Masters, J. C. Dutch and S. W. Rhoades; Acting-Assistant Surgeon, W. H. Westcott; Acting-Assistant Paymaster, N. W. Blakeman: Acting-Ensigns, T. E. Chapin and Wm. Nelson; Acting-Master's Mates, H. G. Seaman and Frank Jordan. Bark Fernandina. Acting-Masters, E. Moses and C. C. Childs; Acting-Assistant Surgeon, S. P. Boyer; Acting-Assistant Paymaster, T. N. Murray; Acting-Ensigns, Christopher Flood and W. H. Thomas; Acting-Master's Mates, Geo. Newlin and John Wright. Bark midnight. Acting-Masters, Wm. H. Garfield and Edwin Coffin; Acting-Assistant Surgeon, J. M. Garner; Acting-Assistant Paymaster, Franklin Miller; Acting-Ensigns, Z. L. Tanner and N. Pratt; Acting-Master's Mates, A. K. Noyes and S. H. Maunders. Schooner hope. Acting-Master, John E. Rockwell; Acting-Master's Mates, W. E. Gould, Elisha Hubbard and J. S. Leon. Schooner Dan Smith. Acting-Master, B. C. Dean; Acting-Ensig