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Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War. 158 0 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 105 3 Browse Search
James Russell Soley, Professor U. S. Navy, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 7.1, The blockade and the cruisers (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 76 0 Browse Search
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles. Volume 1. 68 0 Browse Search
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) 62 4 Browse Search
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 2. 58 0 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 11. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 48 0 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 4. (ed. Frank Moore) 40 2 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 3. (ed. Frank Moore) 40 2 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 13. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 36 0 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: September 9, 1861., [Electronic resource], Quick passage from the Pacific. (search)
Quick passage from the Pacific. --Capt. P. B. Bow rs of the Ship Black Hawk., which has arrived at Hampton Roads, arrived in Baltimore, on Wednesday morning last by the Old Point boat Georgiana. Capt. B. reports that he made the passage from Baker's Island to Hampton Roads in eighty-four days and from Upolu, where he stopped for supplies, in seventy-five days. The time from Upolu to Cape Horn was twenty-four days. Baker's Island is in the Pacific, lies 176,30 west longitude. This is one--Capt. P. B. Bow rs of the Ship Black Hawk., which has arrived at Hampton Roads, arrived in Baltimore, on Wednesday morning last by the Old Point boat Georgiana. Capt. B. reports that he made the passage from Baker's Island to Hampton Roads in eighty-four days and from Upolu, where he stopped for supplies, in seventy-five days. The time from Upolu to Cape Horn was twenty-four days. Baker's Island is in the Pacific, lies 176,30 west longitude. This is one of the shortest passages on record.
The Daily Dispatch: September 9, 1861., [Electronic resource], Lead mine in Alabama. (search)
Our correspondence. Norfolk, Sept. 7, 1861. The Federal steamer Harriet Lane is reported in Hampton Roads, where she was towed from the Carolina coast. She will probably soon be furnished with an armament and coal, to supply the deficiency occasioned by getting aground near Hatteras. I learn that the Federal War Department has determined to establish a naval station at Hatteras Inlet, and that large quantities of coal and ammunition will shortly be stored there. Our Government is acting promptly, with a view to disappoint the confident expectations of the Hessians, prevent their depredations in the waters of Carolina, and to rout those who should not have been allowed to get possession of the fortifications at Hatteras.--But I will not give particulars of the movements which are known to be in progress. Different opinions are expressed relative to the engagement at Hatteras, and the brave boys at some of the forts below our city are eager for a chance to show the