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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 7: operations against Charleston. (search)
, followed by the Ironsides, Captain S. C. Rowan; the Catskill, Commander G. W. Rodgers; the Nantucket, Commander Beaumont; the Weehawken, Commander Colhoun; and the Patapsco, Lieutenant-Commander Badger. At 12.30 the Montauk anchored abreast of Fort Wagner and fired the first gun, the other vessels following. The tide ebbing, the pilot was averse to going nearer. The distance to the fort was about twelve hundred yards. The gunboats Paul Jones, Commander A. C. Rhind; Ottawa, Lieutenant-Commander W. D. Whiting; Seneca, Lieutenant-Commander Wm. Gibson; Chippewa, Lieutenant-Commander T. C. Harris; and Wissahickon, Lieutenant-Commander J. L. Davis, at the same time were using their pivot guns against the fort at long range, and the batteries of General Gillmore, about one thousand yards south, on Morris Island, were firing very deliberately and steadily. At 4 P. M., with a flood-tide, weighed anchor and closed in to within about three hundred yards of the fort, so that for the day no
Daniel Ammen, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 7.2, The Atlantic Coast (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 10: Fort Fisher (search)
ver of an adjacent wood and gone toward Wilmington entirely unmolested. This does not comport with the report of Major-General Whiting of the Confederate service herein quoted, as to the spirit animating the garrison of Fort Fisher, or with the fatually behind the curtain, and left without injury or molestation save from the shells of the bombarding vessels. General Whiting paid a visit to Fort Fisher, under the command of Colonel Lamb, reaching the fort just before the close of the firstthe enemy withdrew. A heavy storm set in, and the garrison were much exposed, as they were under arms all night. General Whiting, in answer to inquiries by General Butler, states that the garrison was 667 men on the 18th. On the 23d, 110 veteraand mines (for explosion) undisturbed. He doubts the success of an assault at that time. In the official report of General Whiting, dated December 30th, is found the fact that the Junior Reserves and others had to be coaxed out of the bomb-proofs,
Daniel Ammen, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 7.2, The Atlantic Coast (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Index. (search)
sels, General, 201, 203 West, Captain, John, 179 Western World, the, 46 Whelan, Surgeon, William, Chief of Medicine Bureau, 3 Whitehall, the. 176 Whitehead, the, 177, 181, 183 et seq., 186, 188, 194, 201, 204, 207, 200 et seq. Whiting, Lieutenant-Commander W. D., 128 Whiting, Major-General, 225 et seq. Wilderness, the, 220 et seq., 229 Wiley, Ensign, 237 Williams, Lieutenant-Commander E. P., 70, 138 Williams, the, 84, 129, 145 Winfield Scott, the, U. SWhiting, Major-General, 225 et seq. Wilderness, the, 220 et seq., 229 Wiley, Ensign, 237 Williams, Lieutenant-Commander E. P., 70, 138 Williams, the, 84, 129, 145 Winfield Scott, the, U. S. transport, 33 Winona the, 152, 156 Winslow, the, Confederate steamer, 170 Wissahickon, the, 84 et seq., 89. 128, 131, 152 Women of the South, violent feeling shown by, 56, 66 Woodbury, Paymaster, 131 Worden, Commander John L., 83 et seq., 92, 114, 162 (note) Wood, Chief-Engineer, 110 Wood, Ensign, 237 Wood, General, 165 Wood, George H., 62 Woodman, Master's Mate, 213 Woodward, Master Thomas G., 177 Wool, General, 165 Wright, Brigadier-General, H. G