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James Russell Soley, Professor U. S. Navy, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 7.1, The blockade and the cruisers (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 3: (search)
s steamer, and during the engagement of the 8th he served as a volunteer. Radford, the commander of the Cumberland, was attending a court of inquiry on board the Roanoke when the Merrimac came out, and the command of the sloop devolved on Lieutenant Morris. When the Merrimac was reported, Radford landed, and rode to Newport News; but he only arrived in time to see the end of the action. Both ships were therefore fought by their first lieutenants; but they could not have been defended with mthe berth-deck, the wounded men were lifted upon racks and mess-chests, to keep them from drowning; and as the water rose, those who fell on the upper decks were carried amidships and left there. The Merrimac hailed and demanded a surrender; but Morris returned a refusal. Already, the boats had been lowered and made fast in a line on the shore side. At half-past 3, the forward magazine was drowned, and five minutes later the order was given to the men to leave quarters and save themselves. T
James Russell Soley, Professor U. S. Navy, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 7.1, The blockade and the cruisers (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 7: (search)
ed for Brest. Here she remained nearly six months, and was docked and thoroughly repaired. Maffitt was relieved by Captain Barney, who in turn gave place to Captain Morris. The Florida sailed from Brest in February, and after cruising for four months, put in again to Bermuda. Here she repaired, and took on board eighty tons ofy permission. Further supplies were taken without permission, the authorities not bestirring themselves very vigorously to enforce the regulations, and accepting Morris's statement that Mobile was the first Confederate port he expected to visit. He did not visit Mobile, whatever may have been his expectations, but made a second were returned with a volley of small arms, and with a discharge from two of the broadside guns. The Florida then surrendered. At the time of the capture, Captain Morris was on shore, together with a number of the officers and crew. Lieutenant Porter, who had been left in command, came on board the Wachusett with sixty-nine o
James Russell Soley, Professor U. S. Navy, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 7.1, The blockade and the cruisers (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Index. (search)
age to Chesapeake, 58 et seq.; at Hampton Roads, 67; fight with the Merrimac, 68 et seq., 78 et seq.; sinks, 81 Monroe, Fortress, 47 et seq., 52 Montauk, the, 216 et seq.; destroys the Nashville, 217 et seq. Morgan, Fort, 133, 139 Morris, Captain, 187 Morris, Lieutenant, 62 Nahant, the, 117 et seq. Nashville, the, fitted up, 215 et seq.; destroyed, 217 et seq. Nassau, port for blockaderun-ners, 36 et seq., 155 et seq. Navy, Confederate organization, etc., 21 Navy, UnionMorris, Lieutenant, 62 Nahant, the, 117 et seq. Nashville, the, fitted up, 215 et seq.; destroyed, 217 et seq. Nassau, port for blockaderun-ners, 36 et seq., 155 et seq. Navy, Confederate organization, etc., 21 Navy, Union organization, 1-21; condition of, in 1861, 232; close of war, 236 Navy Yard, Norfolk, 46 et seq.; abandoned, 52 et seq.; partly destroyed, 53 Neptune, the, 147 et seq. New Orleans, La., blockade at, 35, 46, 122 Newton, Isaac, Engineer of Monitor, 56, 58 Niagara, the, at Charleston, 34, 84, 121 et seq. Norfolk, Va., blockaded, 35, 46 et seq., 55, 71 et seq.; surrenders, 78 officers, naval, at commencement of war, 4 et seq. Oneida, the, 136 Oreto, the, 183 Owasco, th
Daniel Ammen, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 7.2, The Atlantic Coast (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 6: the Monitor class of vessels. (search)
emory serves, the armor-plating, as it was called, was one and a half or two inches thick, and an inner skin of perhaps three-fourths of an inch. Her role was short, and she would not have proved a success anywhere, whether against forts or ships. By April 13th all of the monitors had been sent to Port Royal for repairs, and as fast as finished were sent to North Edisto, the inland waters of which were contiguous, and actually afforded a better base for menacing or taking Charleston than Morris or Sullivan's Island. Had both of these islands been in possession of the National forces, Charleston would certainly have been a sealed port, but so far as its attack from a land force was concerned, even then an approach from Stono and North Edisto would have been more practicable, considering the support derivable from guns afloat. The admiral had reason to suppose that at any day the monitor force, with the exception of two vessels, would be ordered to the Mississippi, and so it was he
James D. Porter, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 7.1, Tennessee (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter XI (search)
rivate of Company A, Fourteenth Tennessee, who seized the colors from the hands of the wounded color-bearer and bore them bravely through the fight. Capt. Young T. Stubblefield and Lieut. W. E. Forbes, First Tennessee, were among the killed. Major Morris, Fourteenth Tennessee, was mortally wounded. General Lee reported, in the series of engagements on the plains of Manassas, 7,000 Federal prisoners taken in addition to 2,000 wounded and abandoned by Pope's army, and the capture of 30 pieceser at the distance of ten paces. The Federal army fell back on Washington City and General Pope was at once relieved of his command. In the brief campaign against Pope, the Fourteenth Tennessee lost three field officers, Forbes, Harrell and Morris; Maj. William McComb succeeded Lieutenant-Colonel Harrell, and on the fall of Colonel Forbes, succeeded to the command of the regiment. Capt. J. W. Lockert was made lieutenant-colonel, and Capt. J. H. Johnson became major. When General Lee st
James D. Porter, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 7.1, Tennessee (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 13: (search)
cruise of 61 days. At 3:00 a. m. of the 7th of October, the United States manof-war Wachusett, Captain Collins, ran into the Florida, intending to sink her, and very serious injury was inflicted upon the ship. At the same time the Wachusett fired about 200 shots from her small-arms, and two from her great guns, and then demanded her surrender. At the request of the Brazilian naval commander, the Florida had anchored inshore of his squadron, steam had gone down and fires were hauled. Commander Morris, with several officers and 70 of the crew of the Florida, was on shore on liberty. In this condition of affairs the cruiser was surrendered. The officers were paroled and with two-thirds of the men transferred to the Wachusett. The men were outraged by being put in double irons. One poor fellow, Henry Norman, was ironed to a stanchion with his hands behind him for having a key to a pair of the Florida's irons in his pocket. Another was put in a sweat-box for eighteen nights, becaus
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 11. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Editorial Paragraphs. (search)
re also speeches by Governor McCreary, General A. S. Williams (senator from Kentucky), General S. B. Buckner, and Colonel D. Howard Smith. We were not fortunate enough to arrive in time to hear these speeches, but learned that they were all admirable, and excited great enthusiasm. Miss Johnie H. Morgan (the only daughter of the gallant chief) and Miss Tommie Duke (daughter of General Basil Duke), were presented by Governor Blackburn and were received with great enthusiasm, as was also Mrs. Morris, who had been an angel of mercy to our prisoners in Camp Douglas. At night the committee were courteous enough to place on the programme and the crowd were kind enough to hear a high private in the rear rank, from Virginia, tell of The Boys in Gray, with whom he was associated, and to show by their hearty responses that the men who rode with Morgan were in warm sympathy with Jackson's Foot Cavalry. Among the letters of regret at not being able to be present on the occasion was one f
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 16. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), A Narrative of the service of Colonel Geo. A. Porterfield in Northwestern Virginia in 1861-1861, (search)
o that section at any time. I had left Grafton but a day or so before that place was occupied by several thousand United States troops, and in about a week after my arrival at Philippi my command there was surprised at 4 A. M., June 3d. General Morris reported to General McClellan, June 7th, the capture at this place of a large amount of camp equipage, provisions, arms, wagons, horses and medical stores. I had no provisions, wagons, horses (except the cavalry not captured), nor medical stores. If these were captured they were taken from citizens and not from my command. One cavalry company had tents, and there were a few boxes of rusty flint-lock guns and two kegs of powder, that was all, General Morris also reports that we were pursued. This also is an error. He was not there. An officious report to General Lee appears in the Records, signed M. G. Harman, Major, J. M. Heck, Colonel, and R. E. Cowan, Major. These parties, no doubt, felt that by finding fault with me they e
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 16. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The Wee Nee volunteers of Williamsburg District, South Carolina, in the First (Hagood's) regiment. (search)
dence, detailed the plan of attack on Battery Gregg, which had been agreed upon between Gilmore and Dahlgren. An arrangement was made by which Dahlgren was to furnish the boats and Gilmore the men, and Battery Gregg, at Cummins Point, was to be surprised. But for this information, it seems almost certain that Gregg would have fallen, and the Confederates on Morris Island cut off from all hope of escape. The expedition was to come in boats, with muffled oars, from the creek which separates Morris from James Island, and when the keels of the boats struck the beach, the men were to jump out and charge the battery. Captain Martin A. Sellers, with his Company (F), and Company E, under the command of Lieutenant A. J. Minis, with a detachment of fifty men from the Twenty-eighth Georgia, under the command of Captain Hayne, were detailed as reinforcements for Battery Gregg. The whole detachment was put under the command of Captain Sellers. Company B, of the Twenty-fifth South Carolina volu
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 16. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Index. (search)
4. Mobley's Meeting-house, 8. Moffitt, Lt. D. S., 389, 413. Moffett, Capt. G. H., 135, 188. Moloney, Capt. P. K., 119, 123, 181, 398. Montgomery, Jr., Lt. Henry, 116, 132, 161. Montgomery, Sergeant S., 191. Moodie, J. P., 104. Moody, Capt. J. M., 20 Moore, John, 9 Moore, Capt. W. S., 107. Moore, Col. John C, 299. Moreau, Gen., 341. Moorman, Capt., 88. Morgan, Col., 349. Morgan, Gen., Daniel, 12. Morgan, Gen. John H., 59; death of, 63. Morris Creek Bridge. N. C., 433. Morris, Gen., 87. Morris Island, 15, 26, 104, 151, 154; evacuated, 170. Mosby, Col. John S., 264. Morton, Capt. T. C., 47, 50. Moultrie, Fort, 12, 156. Mount Pleasant, 131. Mount Zion Schools, 12, 13. Mouton, Col., 302. Muller. Musician, 178. Mulvaney, Capt., 404. Munford, Gen. T. T., 296, 354. Munson's Hill, 95. Murfreesboroa, Battle of, 351, 368. Myer, Gen. A. J., 94, 103. Myer, F. L., 395. Myers, Col. A. C., 273. Nance, Capt., 388. Nance, Col. J. D., report of, 379, 390.
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