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Richmond (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.52
on of the Commodore Jones, the leading vessel of Admiral Lee's fleet, which was ascending the James river to co-operate with General Butler in the attack on Drewry's Bluff by causing the retirement o as you do not even allude to any act of mine in your work. In March, 1864, I ran down the James river from Richmond to its mouth in a small steam launch, and attacked the flagship Minnesota with f the war, when some of these self-acting torpedoes of General Rains were again placed in the James river, and the Confederate steamer Shultz went down the river loaded with Federal prisoners to be euction of the Commodore Jones, the leading vessel of Admiral Lee's fleet, which was ascending James river to co-operate with General Butler in the attack on Drewry's Bluff, by causing the retirement entive; but where the case concerns me—such as compelling the retreat of a large fleet in the James river, and preventing its co-operation with the army at a moment of great danger to our cause, and
Biloxi (Mississippi, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.52
General Rains or any one attached to his submarine defences during the war or since. If your memory still fails you, there are four well-known officers living who can testify to the exactness of all I have here written, viz: Captains W. H. Parker, J. Pembroke Jones, John M. Brooke, and J. Taylor Wood. I have therefore to request that as an act of simple justice you will answer this letter and correct the mistakes referred to. Very truly and respectfully yours, Hunter Davidson. Beauvoir, Harrison county, Miss., January 25, 1882. Captain Hunter Davidson: Sir—Yours of the 5th December (in duplicate) has been received and opens with a call on me to do you justice. If you were surprised at not finding in my book your name mentioned in connection with torpedoes, I was certainly not less so at your arraignment of me as having done you an injustice by the omission. If you will refer to the preface of the book you will see in the first paragraph the announcement of the pur
Harrison County (Mississippi, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.52
any one attached to his submarine defences during the war or since. If your memory still fails you, there are four well-known officers living who can testify to the exactness of all I have here written, viz: Captains W. H. Parker, J. Pembroke Jones, John M. Brooke, and J. Taylor Wood. I have therefore to request that as an act of simple justice you will answer this letter and correct the mistakes referred to. Very truly and respectfully yours, Hunter Davidson. Beauvoir, Harrison county, Miss., January 25, 1882. Captain Hunter Davidson: Sir—Yours of the 5th December (in duplicate) has been received and opens with a call on me to do you justice. If you were surprised at not finding in my book your name mentioned in connection with torpedoes, I was certainly not less so at your arraignment of me as having done you an injustice by the omission. If you will refer to the preface of the book you will see in the first paragraph the announcement of the purpose for which it
City Point (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.52
d to the Minister of the impropriety of this act, as it would close the river to our vessels and seriously affect the management of my electrical submarine defences. By authority of the Minister I had the torpedo dragged for and removed. The second instance was toward the close of the war, when some of these self-acting torpedoes of General Rains were again placed in the James river, and the Confederate steamer Shultz went down the river loaded with Federal prisoners to be exchanged at City Point. Fortunately for the South there was not another pretext for the cry of murder and assassination against it. The Shultz passed the Rains torpedo going down and delivered the prisoners safely, but when returning she struck it and was destroyed. During the years that I commanded the electrical submarine defences not a friendly skin was broken to my knowledge, and it must be remembered that I had to experiment and bring the system to perfection. I never met or communicated with General R
Buenos Ayres (Arizona, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.52
vy, and that he attributes the particular omission of mention which he discusses, to Mr. Davis' having been informed of his criticism of the latter's prejudices, Mr. Davis' history thus ignoring events discussed in many works on torpedoes. Buenos Ayres, December 5, 1881. Hon. Jefferson Davis, Sir,—I write to ask that you will do an act of justice. On pages 207-8, 2d vol. of your Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, you say: This led to an order placing General G. P. Rains in chen from a desire to serve you and evinced my esteem for you as an officer, and my regard for you as a man. Regretting the dissatisfied tone of your communication to which this is a reply, I am respectfully, (Signed.) Jefferson Davis. Buenos Ayres, April 4, 1882. Hon. Jefferson Davis: Sir—Your letter of the 25th of January is at hand. It was not my intention to continue this correspondence beyond your answer to my first letter, but that answer is such an aggravated repetition of the
Annapolis (Maryland, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.52
aval service, dated Villa Rica, Paraguay, December 14, 1896, places at the disposal of the Sun, a fragment of personal experience during the Civil War, which is also, in its way, a contribution of value to the literature relating to that period. It was originally published in the Buenos Ayres Herald, but will of course find an incomparably greater circle of readers in this country. Captain Davidson entered the navy with Admiral Luce in 1841, and they were together at the Naval Academy, Annapolis, twenty years later, while their friendship was renewed after the Civil War. As to the correspondence with Jefferson Davis, it speaks for itself, although it should be added that Captain Davidson considers that Mr. Davis was somewhat prejudiced against the navy, and that he attributes the particular omission of mention which he discusses, to Mr. Davis' having been informed of his criticism of the latter's prejudices, Mr. Davis' history thus ignoring events discussed in many works on torpe
Drewry's Bluff (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.52
ver to co-operate with General Butler in the attack on Drewry's Bluff by causing the retirement of that fleet, undoubtedly saved Drewry's Bluff, the key of Richmond. Again he says: I always regarded the sub-marine department under your command ae defences and the first rudely constructed torpedo at Drewry's Bluff. He had previously been distinguished by first usin what I attributed the repulse of the enemy's fleet at Drewry's Bluff, and that the enemy, like myself, thought it was our ao what I attribute the repulse of the enemy's fleet at Drewry's Bluff, and that the enemy, like myself, thought it was our aad been perfected by me. The contemplated attack on Drewry's Bluff to which I referred in my first letter to you, and conver to co-operate with General Butler in the attack on Drewry's Bluff, by causing the retirement of that fleet, undoubtedly saved Drewry's Bluff, the key to Richmond. How widely different in date and nature are the two circumstances, and yet you
Paraguay (Paraguay) (search for this): chapter 1.52
Davis and Davidson. [from the N. Y. sun, Feb. 28, 1897.] a chapter of war history concerning torpedoes. The correspondence that passed between Jefferson Davis and Captain Davidson in relation to the services of the latter officer. A letter from Captain Hunter Davidson, formerly of the Confederate naval service, dated Villa Rica, Paraguay, December 14, 1896, places at the disposal of the Sun, a fragment of personal experience during the Civil War, which is also, in its way, a contribution of value to the literature relating to that period. It was originally published in the Buenos Ayres Herald, but will of course find an incomparably greater circle of readers in this country. Captain Davidson entered the navy with Admiral Luce in 1841, and they were together at the Naval Academy, Annapolis, twenty years later, while their friendship was renewed after the Civil War. As to the correspondence with Jefferson Davis, it speaks for itself, although it should be added that Captain Da
Minnesota (Minnesota, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.52
the army. About the same time I received the most flattering letters from General Robert E. Lee, Admiral Buchanan and others on the subject of my services in command of the submarine defences; and it is with painful surprise I find you have forgotten a long letter of the same nature written me by yourself, as you do not even allude to any act of mine in your work. In March, 1864, I ran down the James river from Richmond to its mouth in a small steam launch, and attacked the flagship Minnesota with a spar torpedo, doing her considerable injury, and returned to Richmond without the slightest loss of any kind. This was the only instance during our war, and the first, of course, where the spar torpedo was used with effect and without the loss of the attacking party, and therefore the only instance to establish the efficiency of the method. On this occasion the Russian sulphuric acid, &c., fuse was used, the same that Captain Glassell used against the ironsides. I commanded t
United States (United States) (search for this): chapter 1.52
in its application, and which achieved its triumph in blowing up our own ships; or in the case where a great electrical failure is made, the inference being that I made it, your memory is remarkably retentive; but where the case concerns me—such as compelling the retreat of a large fleet in the James river, and preventing its co-operation with the army at a moment of great danger to our cause, and the complete destruction of the enemy's leading ship by the electrical torpedo defences, devised and perfected under my command, and the first success of that system of torpedo defences, now adopted in its more developed form by the whole world, when your friend General Rains' beer barrel, demijohns and sensitive fuses have long passed into oblivion, you persist in being wholly oblivious. These letters will be published both in England and the United States, and I will use whatever means I am possessed of to give them all possible publicity. Yours very respectfully, Hunter Davidson
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