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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Aquia Creek , engagement at. (search)
Aquia Creek, engagement at.
Alarmed by the gathering of troops at Washington, Governor Letcher, of Virginia, by command of the Confederate government, called out the militia of that State, appointing no fewer than twenty places as points of rendezvous, one-fourth of which were west of the mountains, for the Confederates were threatened by Ohio and Indiana volunteers.
His proclamation was issued May 3, 1861.
Batteries were erected on the Virginia branch of the Potomac, below Washington, f
On his way to Washington from Hampton Roads, he had captured two schooners filled with armed Confederates.
He then patrolled that river, reconnoitring the banks in search of batteries which the Virginians had constructed.
On the heights at Aquia Creek (the terminus of a railway from Richmond), 55 miles below Washington, he found formidable works, and attacked them, May 31, with his flag-ship, Thomas Freeborn, and the gunboats Anacosta and Resolute.
For two hours a sharp conflict was kept u
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Fredericksburg , battle at. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Rowan , Stephen Clegg -1890 (search)
Rowan, Stephen Clegg -1890
Naval officer; born near Dublin, Ireland, Dec. 25, 1808; entered the United States navy as mid-
Stephen Clegg Rowan. shipman in February, 1826; served on the Pacific coast in the war against Mexico; and early in the Civil War commanded the sloop-of-war Pawnee in action at Aquia Creek.
He was also a participant in the capture of the Confederate forts at Hatteras.
He commanded the naval flotilla in the attack on Roanoke Island (q. v.), and performed exceptional service in the sounds on the coast of North Carolina; also in the attacks on Forts Wagner, Gregg, and Sumter, in Charleston Harbor.
In 1868-69 he commanded the Asiatic Squadron; in September, 1870, was promoted vice-admiral; and in 1882 became superintendent of the Naval Observatory.
He died in Washington, D. C., March 31, 1890.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Ward , James Harman 1806 - (search)
Ward, James Harman 1806-
Naval officer; born in Hartford, Conn., in 1806; was educated at Norwich Military Academy and Trinity College; entered the navy in 1823, and rose to commander in 1858.
He lectured on gunnery, and urged the establishment of a naval school.
In May, 1861, he was placed in command of the Potomac flotilla; silenced the batteries at Aquia Creek, and in an attack upon a battery upon Mathias Point was mortally wounded by a Minie ball, June 27, 1861.