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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) 7 3 Browse Search
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 2. 4 0 Browse Search
Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War. 4 2 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 3 1 Browse Search
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4. 1 1 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Roanoke Island (search)
of Roanoke Island. commanded by Lieut. W. F. Lynch, formerly of the United States navy. Goldsborough drew up his fleet in Croatan Sound and opened a bombardment (Feb. 7) upon the works on the island. Four of his transports, one gunboat, and a floating battery had been smitten by a storm off Hatteras before entering the still waters of the inlet and wrecked. Goldsborough had moved his gunboats towards the island to open fire in columns, the first being led by the Stars and Stripes, Lieut. Reed Werden; the second by the Louisiana, Commander A. Murray; and the third by the Hetzel, Lieut. H. R. Davenport. the Southfield was the flag-ship. The first attack was upon Fort Bartow, on Pork Point, towards the northern end of the island, and in twenty-one minutes a general engagement took place between the gunboats and the batteries in Croatan Sound, in which the little flotilla participated. These vessels disposed of, Goldsborough concentrated his fire on Fort Bartow, three-fourths of a
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Werden, Reed 1818-1886 (search)
Werden, Reed 1818-1886 Naval officer; born in Delaware county, Pa., Feb. 28, 1818; entered the navy as midshipman in 1834 and the Naval School at Philadelphia in 1840, and served in the war against Mexico. At the capture of Roanoke Island he commanded the steamer Stars and Stripes; was fleet captain of the East Gulf Squadron in 1864-65; and was promoted commodore in 1871, and rear-admiral in 1875. He died in Newport, R. I., July 13, 1886.