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Chesapeake Bay (United States) (search for this): chapter 5
everal days of wandering in the swamps. The Department now determined to take energetic measures to destroy the Albemarle, and selected Cushing, whose latest performances at Wilmington had made him famous, to carry out its design. Two steam-launches or picket-boats were fitted out at New York under the direction of Admiral Gregory, and rigged with spar-torpedoes designed by Chief-Engineer Wood. Both the launches were to be used in the expedition, but one of them was lost in crossing Chesapeake Bay, on the way down from New York. Cushing was not the man to be deterred by an accident, and he proceeded to carry out his purpose with the remaining boat. Late in October Cushing appeared with his launch in Albemarle Sound. The senior officer at this time was Commander Macomb, whose vessel, the Shamrock, was lying with the rest of the division in the Sound, some miles from the Roanoke. One or two of the small steamers were stationed as a picket at the mouth of the river, and midway
North Edisto River (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 5
narrow rivers and arms of the sea, making an intricate network of water-courses. At intervals the groups of islands are broken by large estuaries at the mouths of rivers. There are five of these between Charleston and Savannah— Stono Inlet, North Edisto, South Edisto, St. Helena, and Port Royal. Below Tybee Roads, the entrance to Savannah, the same formation continues, with six important sounds— Wassaw, Ossabaw, St. Catherine, Sapelo, Doboy, and Altamaha. Brunswick is the only town of imporeamer Powhatan; sloops-of-war Canandaigua and Housatonic; steamers Flag, Quaker City, James Adger, Augusta, Huron, and Memphis; schooners G. W. Blunt and America. In Stono Inlet, the steamers Pawnee, Unadilla, and Commodore McDonough. In North Edisto, the steamer South Carolina. In St. Helena, the bark Kingfisher. In Wassaw, the monitor Passaic, and steamer Marblehead. In Ossabaw, the monitor Montauk, gunboats Seneca and Wissahickon, and steamer Dawn. Guarding St. Catherine's,
Cape Canaveral (Florida, United States) (search for this): chapter 5
e days after the President's first proclamation was issued. At the beginning of July, the Atlantic Squadron comprised twenty-two vessels, but most of them were stationed in Hampton Roads or were cruising at a distance from the coast. The line of operations of the Atlantic Blockading Squadron began originally at Washington, and extending down the Potomac River and the Chesapeake, passed out to sea between the Capes, following the coast to Key West. The boundary was afterward fixed at Cape Canaveral. Upon this line there were three principal points of blockade, Wilmington, Charleston, and Savannah. They became centres of blockade in the beginning, because of their commercial importance; and the first two remained so until the end, because they offered peculiar advantages to blockade-runners, and were capable of defence almost to the last against attacks by sea. The different stretches of coast that lay between and outside the blockade centres had peculiar features of their ow
Doboy Sound (Georgia, United States) (search for this): chapter 5
tan; sloops-of-war Canandaigua and Housatonic; steamers Flag, Quaker City, James Adger, Augusta, Huron, and Memphis; schooners G. W. Blunt and America. In Stono Inlet, the steamers Pawnee, Unadilla, and Commodore McDonough. In North Edisto, the steamer South Carolina. In St. Helena, the bark Kingfisher. In Wassaw, the monitor Passaic, and steamer Marblehead. In Ossabaw, the monitor Montauk, gunboats Seneca and Wissahickon, and steamer Dawn. Guarding St. Catherine's, Sapelo, Doboy, and St. Simon's Sounds, the steamers Paul Jones, Potomska, and Madgie; barks Braziliera and Fernandina; and mortar-schooner Norfolk Packet. In St. Andrew's, the bark Midnight. At Fernandina, the steamer Mohawk. In St. John's River, the steamers Nonsuch and Uncas. At Port Royal, the headquarters of the station, were the frigate Wabash, the flagship, the storeship Vermont, five tugs, and two despatch-vessels; and temporarily in port, undergoing repairs or taking in provisions, the
Savannah (Georgia, United States) (search for this): chapter 5
the Minnesota arrived. On the same day the blockade of Savannah was established by the Union, a steamer which had been chprincipal points of blockade, Wilmington, Charleston, and Savannah. They became centres of blockade in the beginning, becauf rivers. There are five of these between Charleston and Savannah— Stono Inlet, North Edisto, South Edisto, St. Helena, and Port Royal. Below Tybee Roads, the entrance to Savannah, the same formation continues, with six important sounds— Wassaw, this time-off Charleston, and the Jamestown and Flag off Savannah. These vessels, though hardly fitted for the work, never the daytime. The principal side entrance to the city of Savannah, through Wassaw Sound, was effectually closed when the So steamer of English origin, which had run the blockade of Savannah in November, 1861. She had been taken by the Confederateed Admiral Dupont that the Atlanta and other ironclads at Savannah were on the point of leaving Wilmington River and enterin
Stono Inlet (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 5
r-courses. At intervals the groups of islands are broken by large estuaries at the mouths of rivers. There are five of these between Charleston and Savannah— Stono Inlet, North Edisto, South Edisto, St. Helena, and Port Royal. Below Tybee Roads, the entrance to Savannah, the same formation continues, with six important sounds— , with despatches for the Admiral, and the Memphis to tow the Keystone State. Both were sent back immediately by Dupont. In the afternoon, firing was heard in Stono Inlet, and the Flag was sent thither. Of the other five vessels, the Stettin, Ottawa, and Unadilla were not engaged at all, and neither they, nor the Housatonic and whatan; sloops-of-war Canandaigua and Housatonic; steamers Flag, Quaker City, James Adger, Augusta, Huron, and Memphis; schooners G. W. Blunt and America. In Stono Inlet, the steamers Pawnee, Unadilla, and Commodore McDonough. In North Edisto, the steamer South Carolina. In St. Helena, the bark Kingfisher. In Wassaw, th
Cumming's Point (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 5
e batteries on Morris Island kept the fleet outside the bar, and the blockade was maintained at a great disadvantage. Moreover, several inlets to the north and south afforded access to Charleston for vessels of light draft. These were only closed after Dupont had taken command. In the summer and fall of 1863 the army, supported by the ironclads, gradually drove the Confederates out of their works on the Island, and the monitors took their station inside, somewhat to the southward of Cumming's Point. Blockade-runners were then driven to the use of the Beach channel, at the northern side of the harbor. This channel skirted the shore of Sullivan's Island, and opened into the harbor through a narrow passage close to Fort Moultrie. Its outer end lay abreast of Breach Inlet, near which was Fort Marshall; and from this point to Fort Beauregard, and thence to Fort Moultrie, heavy batteries lined the beach. It became usual to send a vessel at night to this entrance, which, weighing ear
Charleston Harbor (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 5
sank at her moorings and so remained until Plymouth was finally recaptured. The South Atlantic Blockading Squadron had but two commanders, Dupont and Dahlgren. The transfer was made July 6, 1863. Dupont's command opened with the victory of Port Royal, which gave the squadron the best and most commodious harbor on the Atlantic coast. After the first success, the activity of Admiral Dupont, seconded by the ability and energy of his captains—a body of officers remark- Entrances to Charleston harbor able for their high professional qualities—secured the control of the vast network of lagoons and inlets extending on the one hand to Charleston, and on the other to Fernandina. The blockade was made thoroughly efficient in the sounds; and the capture of Fort Pulaski in the following summer, in which a detachment from the fleet assisted, made the Savannah River nearly inaccessible to the blockade-runners. Port Royal then became the centre of occupation, and the headquarters of the f
Morris Island (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 5
. The experiment was tried at other points with the same result, and the attempt was finally given up. The bar at Charleston extends several miles out to sea, and the main ship channel, running nearly north and south, follows the trend of Morris Island at a distance of a mile from the shore. During the first half of the war the batteries on Morris Island kept the fleet outside the bar, and the blockade was maintained at a great disadvantage. Moreover, several inlets to the north and southMorris Island kept the fleet outside the bar, and the blockade was maintained at a great disadvantage. Moreover, several inlets to the north and south afforded access to Charleston for vessels of light draft. These were only closed after Dupont had taken command. In the summer and fall of 1863 the army, supported by the ironclads, gradually drove the Confederates out of their works on the Island, and the monitors took their station inside, somewhat to the southward of Cumming's Point. Blockade-runners were then driven to the use of the Beach channel, at the northern side of the harbor. This channel skirted the shore of Sullivan's Island
Alexandria (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 5
comprised twenty-two vessels, but most of them were stationed in Hampton Roads or were cruising at a distance from the coast. The line of operations of the Atlantic Blockading Squadron began originally at Washington, and extending down the Potomac River and the Chesapeake, passed out to sea between the Capes, following the coast to Key West. The boundary was afterward fixed at Cape Canaveral. Upon this line there were three principal points of blockade, Wilmington, Charleston, and Savannto the last against attacks by sea. The different stretches of coast that lay between and outside the blockade centres had peculiar features of their own. Between Washington and Hampton Roads lay the military frontier. The blockade in the Potomac River was therefore largely devoted to the restriction of communication between the two shores, and to keeping open the water-approaches of the capital; and the work of the Potomac flotilla was of a kind by itself. Below the Potomac lay the mouths
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