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Louisiana (Louisiana, United States) (search for this): chapter 39
by the Union forces, had relieved a large number of troops from siege-duty, who could now be employed from Tennessee to Louisiana. The power of the Navy at the same time was largely increased on the Western rivers by the addition of some 800 gunsf time and strength to lay before the city, returned to New Orleans to co-operate with the Army in maintaining order in Louisiana. This omission of a proper military force to co-operate with the Navy gave the Confederates time to render Vicksburgk of the Mississippi scenes of interest were enacted by the hardy sailors and boatmen in the rivers of Arkansas and northern Louisiana. The Cumberland and Tennessee have been actively patrolled by our vigilant and skillful naval officers; and the exnting, in the aggregate, to about 5,500 men. Kentucky, Tennessee and Arkansas, the upper portions of Mississippi and Louisiana, and the southern portions of those States which border on the Ohio River on the north, have been relieved and liberate
Arkansas (Arkansas, United States) (search for this): chapter 39
r, had been actively engaged in the work of suppressing the Rebellion, and co-operated zealously with the Army whenever its services were needed. The capture of Arkansas Post, on the Arkansas River, and the constant effective attacks on the batteries of Vicksburg, the bombardment of the city and its defences, the battle of Grand edition of Steele's Bayou and Deer Creek. On the right bank of the Mississippi scenes of interest were enacted by the hardy sailors and boatmen in the rivers of Arkansas and northern Louisiana. The Cumberland and Tennessee have been actively patrolled by our vigilant and skillful naval officers; and the exciting chase of Morgan,se waters, where we now have a squadron of 100 vessels, carrying 452 guns, with crews amounting, in the aggregate, to about 5,500 men. Kentucky, Tennessee and Arkansas, the upper portions of Mississippi and Louisiana, and the southern portions of those States which border on the Ohio River on the north, have been relieved and l
United States (United States) (search for this): chapter 39
nd, for the first time in its history, the United States had a Navy commensurate with its importancd which operated very unjustly against the United States. The Government was obliged to acquiesce afloat, it excluded the naval ships of the United States from the principal ports of the world. Ascan commerce and then find protection from United States vessels-of-war within the jurisdiction of t were professedly in close amity with the United States. The Sumter, the very first Confederateates and hostile to the war-vessels of the United States; and, while giving aid and comfort to thosrmation of the intended movements of every United States vessel-of-war in those waters. Worse thanate, in regard to the lawful operations of United States vessels. It can easily be imagined, und as these, how difficult it would be for a United States vessel-of-war to capture one of these sea-assumed an intimacy with the commanders of United States vessels, and deceived them with false repo[2 more...]
Charleston (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 39
e Navy Department had made great efforts to capture the heavy defences inside Charleston bar, and Rear-Admiral DuPont had made a vigorous attack with his iron-clads ae was subsequently shown during the combined Army and Navy operations against Charleston, under Rear-Admiral Dahlgren and Brigadier-General Gillmore. On the later occasion, sixty siege-guns were brought to bear on the enemy, and Fort Sumter was reduced to pulp, yet the difficulties of an advance of the naval vessels were so gread bravery of the commander-in-chief, his officers and men, at the end of 1863 Charleston still remained in possession of the Confederates, although practically uselesed the hot-bed of secession, it had at least the satisfaction of knowing that Charleston was only held at vast expense to the enemy, merely from a sentiment of pride, the citizens had undergone in their mistaken zeal for a desperate cause. As Charleston was the first place to take up arms against the Union, its leading men consid
Tennessee (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 39
he West, and the occupation of the surrounding country by the Union forces, had relieved a large number of troops from siege-duty, who could now be employed from Tennessee to Louisiana. The power of the Navy at the same time was largely increased on the Western rivers by the addition of some 800 guns mounted in war-vessels improht bank of the Mississippi scenes of interest were enacted by the hardy sailors and boatmen in the rivers of Arkansas and northern Louisiana. The Cumberland and Tennessee have been actively patrolled by our vigilant and skillful naval officers; and the exciting chase of Morgan, by our steamers on the Ohio, over a distance of five sel on all those waters, where we now have a squadron of 100 vessels, carrying 452 guns, with crews amounting, in the aggregate, to about 5,500 men. Kentucky, Tennessee and Arkansas, the upper portions of Mississippi and Louisiana, and the southern portions of those States which border on the Ohio River on the north, have been r
Vicksburg (Mississippi, United States) (search for this): chapter 39
ith the squadron of Flag-officer Davis above Vicksburg, and, had the Army contingent that was sent would have had the satisfaction of capturing Vicksburg. The military part of the expedition, howevhe Navy gave the Confederates time to render Vicksburg the Gibraltar of the West, and for a long pedefiance to the Army and Navy combined. The Vicksburg miscarriage enabled the enemy to fortify Pord thus cut off supplies from Port Hudson and Vicksburg; but, owing to casualties in the vessels senade that the Confederates in Port Hudson and Vicksburg could no longer obtain supplies from that qunspicuous part, until Port Hudson fell, with Vicksburg, on the 4th of July, 1863, and the Mississipnstant effective attacks on the batteries of Vicksburg, the bombardment of the city and its defenceits of this squadron were in the vicinity of Vicksburg, where the main strength of the naval as welf praise for the services of the Navy before Vicksburg as was the military commanding officer in th[1 more...]
Cairo, Ill. (Illinois, United States) (search for this): chapter 39
t must not be forgotten that the service labored under many and great disadvantages, for the Government had no Navy Yard or establishment of its own on which the Department could depend. In the absence of any Government shops, yards, store-houses, and other necessary facilities and aids for a naval establishment, and also of mechanics and laborers, it became necessary to collect and send out and receive supplies from some central and secure position. This work has been chiefly performed at Cairo, etc., etc. The Honorable Secretary might have said that the then commander-in-chief of the Mississippi squadron, finding only the ghost of a squadron and the skeleton of a Navy yard in the West, had built up a naval station, with shops and machinery, to meet the wants of the occasion, had increased the squadron from 21 vessels, all out of repair, to 121, mounting 680 guns, with which force, co-operating with the Army, the Mississippi was opened to the sea, and all its tributaries brough
Ohio (United States) (search for this): chapter 39
tributaries, extending over a distance of more than 3,500 miles, may justly be considered among the most wonderful events of the times. It is but little over two years since we had not a naval vessel on all those waters, where we now have a squadron of 100 vessels, carrying 452 guns, with crews amounting, in the aggregate, to about 5,500 men. Kentucky, Tennessee and Arkansas, the upper portions of Mississippi and Louisiana, and the southern portions of those States which border on the Ohio River on the north, have been relieved and liberated through the instrumentality of the gun-boats, acting by themselves or in earnest and cordial co-operation with the armies. Rear-Admiral Porter has well sustained the renown which the gallant and lamented Foote so nobly earned, and has carried forward to successful results a larger and more powerful force than was ever at the disposal of that heroic officer. [The Honorable Secretary does not make his meaning quite clear at this point, but i
England (United Kingdom) (search for this): chapter 39
supplies for the Confederate armies. Many fast steamers from the Clyde, and other parts of Great Britain, continued to elude the utmost efforts of the blockading squadron, and reached Wilmington wiy Department was indifferent to the ravages committed by the Confederate cruisers fitted out in England for the destruction of Federal commerce. The prompt recognition of the Confederates as belligeerefrom. While the United States had a large mercantile marine scarcely second to that of Great Britain, the Confederates had actually none whatever. In a short time the latter were able by variocknowledgment of belligerent rights operated, and how much fairness there was on the part of Great Britain in carrying out the proclamation she claimed to have issued to insure equal treatment to bot, carrying supplies to the Confederates. The Alabama, Georgia and Florida were fitted out in England, and supplied with an English armament. Their crews were mostly Europeans, and they sailed som
Europe (search for this): chapter 39
oticed that the additions to the Navy comprised vessels of the most formidable kind, and far more powerful than those of European navies. It is due to history to state that this addition to the Navy was owing the energy and ability of Mr. G. V. Fo vulnerable point of the North--its commerce. The apparent intention of the declaration of neutrality by the powers of Europe was to exhibit a semblance of fairness, a deception of which the Confederates naturally took advantage, and which operatelimited and all sorts of obstacles thrown in the way of their capturing the Confederate cruisers. The maritime powers of Europe, after granting belligerent rights to the Confederates, declared that both belligerents should be treated alike in their y upon American commerce and then find protection from United States vessels-of-war within the jurisdiction of the great European powers that were professedly in close amity with the United States. The Sumter, the very first Confederate cruiser fi
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