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France (France) (search for this): chapter 1
jurisdiction. The communications that were addressed to Congress from time to time, by the Navy Department, show conclusively that the officers who filled the different positions, from the Secretary down had a very clear comprehension of the situation in all its details and that at no time was Congress without information of all that was going on in the Navy, or of what was required to keep it in efficient condition. It was seen very early in the struggle that the policy of England and France was unfriendly to the Union side, which was fully evinced in the case of the Trent later on, and all the influence and argument of the Navy Department was brought to bear upon Congress to place our Navy in a position to meet every attempt on the part of foreign governments to meddle in our affairs. Hence it was that we finally commenced building a class of vessels that set at defiance those who seemed disposed. to interfere with us, and left us, at the end of the civil war, mistress of the
Fort Moultrie (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 1
attending the execution of these requirements, the highest praise cannot be withheld from those who managed its operations. Every man who held position of honor and trust in the Navy Department in those trying times is dead and gone, and the multiplying events of a quarter of a century have crowded out for a time the great works which emanated from their conjoint exertions; but those who will take the trouble to hunt up and read over the documentary history of the times, will find ample evidence that to the Navy Department and the Navy is the present generation largely indebted for the happy condition of affairs now existing in a united country — a prosperity never exceeded in the history of the land — and the most substantial proofs that the Navy will always be found foremost to support this union of States, no matter what may be the sacrifices made by its officers and other personnel. Attack on Fort Sumter by the Secessionists, April 12, 1861--Fort Moultrie in the Foregro
Charleston (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 1
in charge of the Federal officers, and if the South did obtain supplies from Europe, they would have been obliged to land them on the open coast. If two monitors like the Miantonomoh and the Monadnock could have entered Charleston harbor when Sumter was first threatened, they would have prevented the erection of works for the bombardment of that fort, and would have held it throughout the war, as would have been the case with all the ports on the Southern coast. The first policy of our Gonce that to the Navy Department and the Navy is the present generation largely indebted for the happy condition of affairs now existing in a united country — a prosperity never exceeded in the history of the land — and the most substantial proofs that the Navy will always be found foremost to support this union of States, no matter what may be the sacrifices made by its officers and other personnel. Attack on Fort Sumter by the Secessionists, April 12, 1861--Fort Moultrie in the Foregro
Charleston Harbor (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 1
he time the Southern people first proposed to throw off their allegiance to the Union, there would have been less difficulty in suppressing the efforts of the Secessionists, for every Southern harbor could have been taken possession of — our ports would have remained in charge of the Federal officers, and if the South did obtain supplies from Europe, they would have been obliged to land them on the open coast. If two monitors like the Miantonomoh and the Monadnock could have entered Charleston harbor when Sumter was first threatened, they would have prevented the erection of works for the bombardment of that fort, and would have held it throughout the war, as would have been the case with all the ports on the Southern coast. The first policy of our Government should have been to get possession of all the ports in the South, and no doubt the Administration would gladly have done so, but for their inability to carry out such designs if entertained, owing to the fact that we had no
Europe (search for this): chapter 1
y Southern harbor could have been taken possession of — our ports would have remained in charge of the Federal officers, and if the South did obtain supplies from Europe, they would have been obliged to land them on the open coast. If two monitors like the Miantonomoh and the Monadnock could have entered Charleston harbor when sloops of war not at all suited to the work required of them. Therefore, the Navy Department had to resort to a system of blockade which was called for by all European nations with which the South had held commercial relations. The Southern people once recognized as belligerents, it was necessary to close their ports, and the t was all accomplished, the work can scarcely be comprehended by the ordinary mind, but it is not yet forgotten by those who managed the industrial necessities in Europe, and whose cupidity led them to embark in what was then considered a wide field for accumulating large profits, supposing at the time that our crippled Navy was i
United States (United States) (search for this): chapter 1
, who, throughout the war, showed courage and energy unsurpassed; but we feel with many others, that while the country has been lavish of its praise to the Army, it has not always rendered that justice to the Navy which it actually deserved. The writer does not hesitate to say, that but for the exertions put forth by the naval branch of the government, the rebellion would not have been brought to a close so rapidly as it was. No nation was ever more unprepared for war than were the United States when the rebellion of eleven States was thrust upon them, and when the people of the South committed their first hostile acts by seizing upon the forts and arsenals that were built for their protection, without the expectation that they would be used against the government. No pen could adequately express the utter impotence of the general government for attack or defence when it was called upon to perform the imperative duty of rescuing the federal fortifications from the hands of the
England (United Kingdom) (search for this): chapter 1
they were fairly startled with the numbers of fast steamers which were constantly falling into our hands, and which the Government often bought and equipped for employment in capturing blockade runners These latter were built in large numbers in England with much profit to the ship-yards of that country, but generally, as fast as they were built, they were picked up by the improvised cruisers under command of some energetic naval officers, and their loss was so greatly felt by the Southern peopf the situation in all its details and that at no time was Congress without information of all that was going on in the Navy, or of what was required to keep it in efficient condition. It was seen very early in the struggle that the policy of England and France was unfriendly to the Union side, which was fully evinced in the case of the Trent later on, and all the influence and argument of the Navy Department was brought to bear upon Congress to place our Navy in a position to meet every att
J. Toucey (search for this): chapter 1
fferent yards; but of all these, and those in commission, there were only eight vessels that the Government could use immediately — those of the Home Squadron--and only four were steamers That was a poor showing for the Navy Department to commence with. Twenty-eight of the vessels in commission were on foreign stations, and by the time the Navy could be assembled the Confederates had ample time to prepare to meet them with offensive weapons, and keep them out of Southern ports. When Mr. Toucey handed over the Navy Department to Mr. Welles, it was in a rather demoralized condition--Southern officers were resigning right and left, officers of the bureaux, even, were talking of going with their States, and there was a want of confidence in all quarters. When men who had held the highest and most influential positions in the Navy came forward and offered their resignations, there was apparently no one upon whom the Secretary could rely; distrust seemed to pervade every branch of th
Gustavus V. Fox (search for this): chapter 1
break of the civil war. what could have been done. blockade runners. loss to the Confederacy. prizes. naval triumphs. faithful officers. Gideon Wells. Gustavus V. Fox. lavish praise of the Army. unprepared for war. Premeditated secession. separate government the Navy and the happy condition of affairs now existing, &C.rs pertaining particularly to the Navy, the other embracing civil transactions, together with the whole business machinery and operations of the Department. Mr. G. V. Fox, who had formerly been an officer of the Navy, was placed at the head of the first named branch of the Department; while the Chief Clerk,Mr. Faxon, was placed ce of Congress, and, by using the large amounts intrusted to its charge with a fair degree of economy, considering the vastness of the field of operations. Gustavus V. Fox, Ass't Secretary of the Navy, 1861-66. The administration of the Department was conducted with ability, which is the most convincing proof of the fitness
Gideon Wells (search for this): chapter 1
Chapter 1: organization of the Navy Department.--blockade-runners, etc. Organization of the Navy Department. the wretched condition of the Navy at the outbreak of the civil war. what could have been done. blockade runners. loss to the Confederacy. prizes. naval triumphs. faithful officers. Gideon Wells. Gustavus V. Fox. lavish praise of the Army. unprepared for war. Premeditated secession. separate government the Navy and the happy condition of affairs now existing, &C. At the outbreak of the great rebellion our Navy was not in a condition to render that assistance which the occasion demanded; the larger portion of it was employed on foreign stations, and the Government had not at its disposal a class of vessels that could enter Southern ports and act offensively. Had a proper naval force existed at the time the Southern people first proposed to throw off their allegiance to the Union, there would have been less difficulty in suppressing the efforts of t
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