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James Barnes, author of David G. Farragut, Naval Actions of 1812, Yank ee Ships and Yankee Sailors, Commodore Bainbridge , The Blockaders, and other naval and historical works, The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 6: The Navy. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller) 138 2 Browse Search
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James Barnes, author of David G. Farragut, Naval Actions of 1812, Yank ee Ships and Yankee Sailors, Commodore Bainbridge , The Blockaders, and other naval and historical works, The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 6: The Navy. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), Introduction — the Federal Navy and the blockade (search)
and six hundred and thirty-nine packages of medicine. The traffic across the Mexican border was of the same character, but there was still the gantlet to be run of the Mississippi River, now in Federal possession through the dauntless spirit of Farragut, greatest of naval commanders, not excepting Nelson himself. But the grip of the navy was closing upon the Confederate ports. Charleston was, with the aid of the army, at last closed. Savannah was sealed; Mobile and New Orleans had, of court between the Weehawken and Atlanta, the destruction of the Albemarle, and the duel of the Kearsarge and Alabama were notable battles, three of which rank in the forefront of naval actions in daring and in effect. It is not too much to say that Farragut's deeds in the Mississippi and at Mobile have not their parallel in The silenced guns at Fort Fisher--the final Link in the blockading chain, 1865. The wreckage in this picture of the dilapidated defenses of Fort Fisher marks the approachi
James Barnes, author of David G. Farragut, Naval Actions of 1812, Yank ee Ships and Yankee Sailors, Commodore Bainbridge , The Blockaders, and other naval and historical works, The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 6: The Navy. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), The organization of the Federal Navy (search)
that had put out in search of the Confederate commerce-destroyers. She was in the fleet of Admiral Farragut at New Orleans and ran the batteries at Vicksburg. Late in 1862 she was in Carolina watersnty-three being From the old navy to the new: the sloop-of-war Pensacola, first in line with Farragut The Pensacola was the type of United States fighting-ship that marks the transition from thee new, consummated by the Civil War. Steam had superseded sail, armor plate was still to come. Farragut could never get used to it, contending that in old wooden ships like the Hartford a shot would onclad. The Pensacola formed a splendid type of the steam sloop-of-war, of which the Hartford, Farragut's famous flagship, was the latest addition to the navy at the outbreak of the war. When FarraguFarragut fought his way past the forts below New Orleans, the Pensacola (after the grounding of the Cayuga ) was first in line. Her captain, Henry W. Morris, deliberately slowed up and stopped frequently op
James Barnes, author of David G. Farragut, Naval Actions of 1812, Yank ee Ships and Yankee Sailors, Commodore Bainbridge , The Blockaders, and other naval and historical works, The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 6: The Navy. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), The blockade (search)
ultimately the determining factor in the downfall of the Confederacy. Vicksburg and Port Hudson surrendered as much to Farragut and to Porter as to Grant. Sherman's march to the sea would never have been undertaken had not the Federal fleets alreaquadron also was divided: Flag-Officer McKean took command of the East Gulf from Cape Canaveral to Pensacola, and Flag-Officer Farragut was assigned to the command of the West Gulf from Pensacola to Matamoras. When Port Royal was taken by Du Pont and Farragut had captured New Orleans, the navy had not only established bases but had entered wedges into the very vitals of the Confederacy. After holding the command of the North Atlantic Squadron for little short of a year, Admiral Goldsborough whington. In the East Gulf, the command fell successively on Admirals Lardner, Bailey, and Stribling. In the West Gulf, Farragut retained command until after the capture of Mobile Bay, in 1864, when Admiral Thatcher succeeded him. The monotony of
James Barnes, author of David G. Farragut, Naval Actions of 1812, Yank ee Ships and Yankee Sailors, Commodore Bainbridge , The Blockaders, and other naval and historical works, The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 6: The Navy. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), The birth of the ironclads (search)
most famous of the nine was the Tecumseh. Her bold commander, T. A. N. Craven, in an effort to grapple with the Confederate ram Tennessee in Mobile Bay, ran through the line of torpedoes and lost his ship, which had fired the first two guns in Farragut's brilliant battle. Ericsson did not approve of the principle of the double-turreted monitor. In the Saugus is well exemplified his principle of mounting guns in such a manner that they could be brought to bear in any direction. This object wand other alterations were made. The Ellet rams continued their useful work. Charles Rivers Ellet took the first vessel past the batteries at Vicksburg after Grant had determined upon his venturesome movement upon the city from the south. Admiral Farragut, who had come up from the Red River, requested General Alfred W. Ellet to let him have two of the ram fleet to run the batteries in order to augment the blockade of the Red River. On March 25, 1863, Lieutenant-Colonel J. A. Ellet, in comman
James Barnes, author of David G. Farragut, Naval Actions of 1812, Yank ee Ships and Yankee Sailors, Commodore Bainbridge , The Blockaders, and other naval and historical works, The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 6: The Navy. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), The most daring feat — passing the forts at New Orleans (search)
gallant old sailing sloop played her part in Farragut S passage of the New Orleans forts by broadsiroach of Porter's mortar schooners David Glasgow Farragut made a sudden leap into fame. Late inon in which Commander Porter had a voice, Captain Farragut was selected as the leader of the expeditl notification of the Navy Department, for in Farragut's private papers was found an abrupt and mystofficial orders, dated U. S. S. Hartford --Farragut's pet ship photographed in 1862, after her pamain. After the great triumph in Mobile Bay, Farragut said of these men: I have never seen a crew cor those who don't do their duty! So shouted Farragut with his ship fast aground and a huge fire-rarleans forts Spar-deck of the Hartford Farragut wrote home a letter in which are found the fost to God for the rest. The squadron under Farragut's command, as finally arranged between himsel from the army, not included here. Flag-Officer David G. Farragut, Fleet-Captain Henry H. Bell, Comm[5 more...]
James Barnes, author of David G. Farragut, Naval Actions of 1812, Yank ee Ships and Yankee Sailors, Commodore Bainbridge , The Blockaders, and other naval and historical works, The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 6: The Navy. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), On the Mississippi and adjacent waters (search)
attempt to gain possession of the Landing. Farragut passed Forts St. Philip and Jackson, below Ner had been fighting on the upper Mississippi, Farragut had been busy attending to his large command a simultaneous land-attack upon that post and Farragut was to run the river batteries and join his vthe batteries at Port Hudson, March 14, 1863, Farragut, in the Hartford lashed to the Albatross, got Defense Fleet. Long before this, however, Farragut had passed up the Mississippi as far as Vicksieve the error of having been caught napping, Farragut determined to follow the Arkansas and destroyus running the batteries for the fourth time, Farragut lost five killed and sixteen wounded. Never acessful. The former went down stream to join Farragut, and the latter returned to join Davis' flotirtly afterward the great ram blew up. When Farragut and Davis had parted company, the waterway frthe river between Vicksburg and Port Hudson. Farragut once more entered the river and ran two vesse[5 more...]
James Barnes, author of David G. Farragut, Naval Actions of 1812, Yank ee Ships and Yankee Sailors, Commodore Bainbridge , The Blockaders, and other naval and historical works, The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 6: The Navy. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), The actions with the forts (search)
deemed expedient to spare the troops. Admiral Farragut, on September 5, 1864, was appointed to t ready to hoist the signals that would convey Farragut's orders to the fleet. The admiral himself wt, but I went ahead and obeyed orders. Later Farragut, undoing the lashing with his own hands, clim the South. Where the Confederates fought Farragut shot for shot: interior of Fort Morgan, Mobild the day after the battle, it took more than Farragut's broadsides to reduce Fort Morgan. A siege-that he would fight alongside. No sooner had Farragut crossed the torpedoes than Buchanan matched te huge Confederate ironclad Tennessee. After Farragut, crying, Damn the torpedoes! had astounded bsunk by a torpedo as the fleet advanced. Admiral Farragut, unable to see through the smoke, went uput the Tennessee Leaders on sea and land — Farragut and Granger after the battle of Mobile Bay assage of the forts below New Orleans. There Farragut had done what was pronounced impossible, but [8 more...]
James Barnes, author of David G. Farragut, Naval Actions of 1812, Yank ee Ships and Yankee Sailors, Commodore Bainbridge , The Blockaders, and other naval and historical works, The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 6: The Navy. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), Naval actions along the shore (search)
ederal flag over the deserted batteries. Fort Beauregard, across the harbor entrance, seeing the fate of Fort Walker, was abandoned by Captain Elliott, its commander, late in the afternoon, and now the most important position that either the army or the navy had yet gained was in the possession of the North, and the coveted naval base established. Early on the morning of January 1, 1863, General Magruder made a vigorous attempt to recapture the city of Galveston, which had been taken by Farragut's squadron the previous October. The side-wheel steamer Harriet Lane bore the brunt of the naval attack, and she was captured by two small steamers after her commander and lieutenant-commander had been killed. The ferry-boat Westfield was burned. The military force in the town surrendered, and the blockade was broken for a week. On the 31st of this month, the Confederate iron-clad rams Chicora and Palmetto State, built and equipped at the navy-yard in Charleston, steamed down past the
James Barnes, author of David G. Farragut, Naval Actions of 1812, Yank ee Ships and Yankee Sailors, Commodore Bainbridge , The Blockaders, and other naval and historical works, The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 6: The Navy. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), The sea life of 1861: life on the Federal war-ships (search)
as were Thomas T. Drew, standing to the right, and Gordon F. Terry beside him. All four are typical faces of the best that service in the inland navy could produce. The firm features of these men tell of a simple heroism that so often rose to great heights in the battles of the gunboats. These men fought under Bill (Com. W. D.) Porter, elder brother of the admiral, in a ship named after the famous flagship of their father, Commodore David Porter, in the War of 1812. In that old namesake Farragut had his first training as a fighter and about the newer Essex there hung much of the spirit of the navy of former days. Aboard of her too there was abundant opportunity to exemplify that spirit as nobly as was ever done by sailors any-where. From Fort Henry till the fall of Port Hudson the Essex was always in the thick of the fight. One of the Essex's most important services came in the action of July 15, 1862. On Aug. 7 the Arkansas and two gunboats were lying above Baton Rouge ready t
James Barnes, author of David G. Farragut, Naval Actions of 1812, Yank ee Ships and Yankee Sailors, Commodore Bainbridge , The Blockaders, and other naval and historical works, The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 6: The Navy. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), Naval chronology 1861-1865: important naval engagements of the Civil war March, 1861-June, 1865 (search)
. W. Ellet, then in pursuit of them. June 28, 1862. Flag-Officer Farragut with nine vessels of his fleet ran by the Confed. batterietauk, Commander Worden. March, 1863. March 14, 1863. Adml. Farragut, with 7 of his fleet, attacked the Confed. batteries at Port Hestroyed and part of her crew captured. March 31, 1863. Adml. Farragut, with the Federal vessels Hartford, Switzerland, and Albatross,em without serious loss. April, 1863. April 1, 1863. Adml. Farragut's vessels proceeded to the mouth of the Red River. April 2, ebruary 16-29, 1864. Bombardment of Fort Powell, Ala., by Adml. Farragut. March, 1864. March 6, 1864. U. S. gunboat Peterhoffseh was blown up by a Confed. torpedo. August 6, 1864. Adml. Farragut shelled Fort Gaines, Mobile Bay. August 8, 1864. Surrender of Fort Gaines, Mobile Bay, to Adml. Farragut and Gen. Granger. August 23, 1864. Fort Morgan, Mobile Bay, surrendered unconditiona