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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 5. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 11 (search)
ternoon) I organized a force to march against Norfolk. On Saturday morning, the tenth of May, the ght become necessary for him to take and hold Norfolk. On Thursday the little steam-tug J. B. White came in from Norfolk, having deserted from the rebel service. She had been sent to bring in a entrenched camp, some two miles this side of Norfolk, which had been very strongly fortified with owing: headquarters, Department of Virginia, Norfolk, May 10, 1862. The city of Norfolk having d with his troops some twenty miles, captured Norfolk, and was in bed again in his own quarters befre opposite the Rip Raps, and march direct on Norfolk. At the time I commence writing--nine o'cl in the morning picketed within five miles of Norfolk. The First Delaware, Colonel Andrews, push wrote: The whole affair of the capture of Norfolk was done in twenty-seven hours. My course wasy a countermarch proceeded by the old road to Norfolk, where I arrived safe at five o'clock, when t[49 more...]
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 5. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 12 (search)
's ascending it. Gen. Huger, commanding at Norfolk, on learning that I had received this order, raphed me to endeavor to afford protection to Norfolk as well as the James River, which replaced mee when his preparations for the evacuation of Norfolk were sufficiently advanced to enable me to acOn the seventh instant Corn. Hollins reached Norfolk, with orders from you to communicate with me orings near Sewell's Point, and I returned to Norfolk to hold the conference referred to. It was should continue, for the present, to protect Norfolk, and thus afford time to remove the public pred on Bay Shore, and were marching rapidly on Norfolk; that Sewell's Point battery was abandoned, as officers had left by railroad. On reaching Norfolk he found that Gen. Huger and all the other ofcted. 2. It being clearly in evidence that Norfolk being evacuated, and Flag-Officer Tatnall havhe court is of opinion that the evacuation of Norfolk, the destruction of the Navy-Yard and other p
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 5. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 13 (search)
h columbiads, which did not open fire. Next in order was Wheet's battery, consisting of two ten-inch columbiads and three thirty-twos; Church's battery, with one ten-inch and two smaller guns. There was a ten-inch columbiad mounted on a point in the Navy-Yard, and batteries of unknown number and strength lined the shore from the yard to Pensacola. At the mouth of Big Bayou there were two ten-inch and several smaller guns mounted. Nearly all the heavy guns used here were transported from Norfolk, after the seizure of that place by the rebels. Mobile Register account. Pensacola, May 10, 1862. The scenes of last night closed the long campaign of Pensacola — of its history you are sufficiently familiar. The order for the destruction of the Warrington Navy-Yard, and all public property at that place and Pensacola that could not be moved, was successfully carried into execution at the Yard and Pensacola. About half-past 11 o'clock, the signal being given by Brig.-Gen. Tho
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 5. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 26 (search)
ent servant, L. M. Goldsborough, Commanding Naval Blockading Squadron. Baltimore American account. Fortress Monroe, May 8, 1862. This has been a most stirring and exciting day at Old Point, and all are anticipating the early fall of Norfolk. The weather has been beautiful, and the scene was one of no ordinary attraction. At eleven o'clock, the little steamer Naugatuck was observed raising steam, and a few minutes before twelve o'clock she moved out by the side of the Monitor, wmed back, and the Vanderbilt, without turning, backed water slowly down the river. Whilst all this manoeuvring was going on, the firing had entirely ceased from all points. 3.40 o'clock.--The Merrimac now turns around and steams back towards Norfolk, with the rebel flag flying from her stern. The Baltimore steamer Georgiana has lain out in the stream with steam up all the afternoon, ready to escape from danger at the earliest practicable moment. The Minnesota and Vanderbilt have gone back
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 5. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 37 (search)
ter the fight was over, and the squadron commenced falling back for want of ammunition, I fainted away and was taken below, where, after being cupped behind the ears, I was again enabled to take charge of the vessel. This morning I arrived at Norfolk with the killed and wounded of the squadron, and reached here at one o'clock this afternoon. I find that I cannot be made ready for another heavy gun without a thorough overhauling and great waste of precious time, consequently I have tendereho has not had his clothes off for the last eighteen days and nights . . . . . Yours, affectionately, Davis. Letter to Captain Faunce. U. S. Gunboat Stevens, Hampton roads, May 19. my dear Captain: We arrived here yesterday from Norfolk, having brought down the killed and part of the wounded in our last action and left them at the hospital there. The squadron to which we were attached, consisting, besides the Stevens, of the Galena, Monitor, Aroos took, and Port Royal, worked
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 5. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 50 (search)
h was fairly inaugurated on the thirtieth of April, ended this morning. Despite the boast that one rebel is equal to two Yankees, the Southern generals have again declined to fight us with nearly equal numbers. Although protected by intrenchments, in commanding positions, and capable of being made next to invulnerable, Corinth has been added to the lone list of strongholds which have fallen into our hands, without bloodshed, since the commencement of the present year. Manassas, Yorktown, Norfolk, Bowling Green, Nashville, Columbus, Little Rock and Corinth — all capable of a lengthened defence, yet all captured without even a show of resistance. Corinth was indeed a stronghold, and its importance could not have been over-rated. It is the key that unlocks the Cotton States, and gives us command of almost the entire system of Southern railroads, and nothing but despair could have prompted its abandonment. While there was a shadow of hope for the Confederacy, policy would have com
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 5. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 97 (search)
on the perilous passage. Our troops returned in excellent condition, having all re-crossed the ferry before four o'clock on the morning of the thirtieth, thus performing a march of thirty-two miles, fighting two hours, and making two difficult river-crossings, in twenty-seven hours. Their endurance, considering the heat, and the fact that the operation was undertaken at the close of the day, was remarkable. Doc. 124.-Colonel Dodge's expedition into North-Carolina, May, 1862. Norfolk, Va., June 1, 1862. I have been favored with some particulars in relation to the recent brilliant expedition of the New-York Mounted Rifles, under command of Lieutenant-Colonel C. C. Dodge, into North-Carolina. The object of the expedition was to open communication with Elizabeth City and to obtain information in relation to the topography of the country between this position and certain points in North-Carolina, the condition of the roads, and the general sentiment of the people in that r
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 5. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 133 (search)
Doc. 124.-Colonel Dodge's expedition into North-Carolina, May, 1862. Norfolk, Va., June 1, 1862. I have been favored with some particulars in relation to the recent brilliant expedition of the New-York Mounted Rifles, under command of Lieutenant-Colonel C. C. Dodge, into North-Carolina. The object of the expedition was to open communication with Elizabeth City and to obtain information in relation to the topography of the country between this position and certain points in North-Carolina, the condition of the roads, and the general sentiment of the people in that region. At Elizabeth City and Edenton Colonel Dodge was treated with the greatest respect, and the people gave marked evidences of joy at the appearance of the Union troops. At both of these places the Union men have been greatly oppressed by the secession leaders, and hardly dare, as yet, to express their sentiments openly. They, however, exerted themselves to the utmost to make Colonel Dodge's command as comfo