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Alfred W. Ellet (search for this): chapter 5.74
by the combined forces of Flag-Officer Davis and Colonel Ellet [see Vol. I., pp. 449-459], the Mississippi squrragut passed the batteries Colonel Charles rivers Ellet. From an Ambrotype. with all the vessels of his flhis, except the rams now commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Alfred W. Ellet, which had left Memphis about the 20t above Vicksburg on the afternoon of the 24th. Here Ellet opened communication with Farragut across the neck oxt day started down the river. During the interval, Ellet's audacity was rewarded by another extraordinary suc of age, he steamed fifty miles up the Yazoo River. Ellet was in perfect ignorance of what he might find there set fire to his three gun-boats, and the purpose of Ellet's visit being thus easily accomplished, he withdrew again to the Mississippi. Lieutenant-Colonel Alfred W. Ellet soon after received a brigadier-general's commver, followed by the Queen of the West, Lieutenant-Colonel A. W. Ellet. The crew of the Arkansas was small, b
S. B. Morgan (search for this): chapter 5.74
essels detailed by Porter for this movement were the iron-clads De Kalb, Lieutenant-Commander John G. Walker, Louisville, Lieutenant-Commander Elias K. Owen, and Cincinnati, Lieutenant George M. Bache; the ram Monarch, Colonel C. R. Ellet; the gun-boats Black Hawk, Lieutenant-Commander K. R. Breese, and Tyler, Lieutenant-Commander James W. Shirk; and the tin-clads, Rattler, Lieutenant-Commander Watson Smith, and Glide, Lieutenant S. E. Woodworth. McClernand's force, comprising Sherman's and Morgan's corps, accompanied the fleet in transports. As a feint the vessels ascended the White River, crossing over to the Arkansas by the cut-off. On the 9th of January the army landed three miles below the fort. Fort Hindman was a square bastioned work, standing at a bend of the river, sufficiently high to command the surrounding country. It was commanded by Lieutenant Dunnington, who had done such good service at St. Charles, and defended by troops under General Churchill. On the side fac
James M. Prichett (search for this): chapter 5.74
driven from their works to the levee. At this critical moment Ramsay, in the Choctaw, turned his guns on the successful assailants, and though Lieutenant-commander James M. Prichett. From a photograph. unable to see the enemy on account of the intervening bank, he hailed the troops on shore to ascertain their position; and sded in carrying a portion of the outlying works. The garrison fought stubbornly, but were heavily out-numbered. The wooden gun-boat Tyler, under Lieutenant-Commander James M. Prichett, had been covering the approach by the old town road, but seeing the strategic points of the enemy's position, Prichett with masterly skill placedPrichett with masterly skill placed his vessel where her bow and stern guns could reach the batteries above and below, while her broadside enfiladed the ravines down which the enemy was pouring in masses. The gun-boat's rapid discharge of shrapnel and shell told heavily upon the Confederates, who, after sustaining it for a time, fled in disorder, Prentiss's men pu
F. M. Ramsay (search for this): chapter 5.74
ati, which sank not far from the shore, losing a considerable number of her crew. On the second occasion three heavy guns mounted on scows were placed in position on the point opposite Vicksburg, where they did good execution under Lieutenant-Commander F. M. Ramsay, enfilading the rifle-pits in front of Sherman's position and rendering them untenable. The lower squadron also took part in this bombardment. In addition to the work of the squadron afloat, when the army called for siege-guns thihe Mound City effectually destroyed a water-battery at Warrenton. In June an attack was made on Milliken's Bend by Confederate troops from Arkansas under Taylor, and the garrison was driven from their works to the levee. At this critical moment Ramsay, in the Choctaw, turned his guns on the successful assailants, and though Lieutenant-commander James M. Prichett. From a photograph. unable to see the enemy on account of the intervening bank, he hailed the troops on shore to ascertain their
Nathaniel P. Banks (search for this): chapter 5.74
sion upon the enemy's rear, was decided upon, whereupon the commanding general (Banks) was conferred with with great frequency, until at last in the early part of Ma The comnander of the steamer came within speaking distance, reporting that General Banks's army was within five miles of the rear of the Port Hudson works. That waerating in the Teche, and which had reached Red River through the Atchafalaya. Banks was then moving against Alexandria, and a light squadron was formed to go up ane and a part of Farragut's detached squadron he steamed up to Alexandria, where Banks arrived on May 7th. After clearing out the Red River and its tributary the Black, and destroying much property, the expedition returned, Banks going to Port Hudson and Porter returning to his old station above Vicksburg. The Yazoo River now with troops in beating off the enemy at detached points. On the 25th of May Banks, who had returned with his army from Alexandria, had invested Port Hudson, whic
Chickasaw Bluffs (search for this): chapter 5.74
a dozen miles up, the Cairo was struck by two torpedoes, one exploding under her bow, the other under her quarter. She sank in twelve minutes, disappearing completely save the tops of her smoke-stacks. The discipline of the crew was perfect, the men remaining at quarters until they were ordered away, and no lives were lost. Several torpedoes were removed before the expedition returned to the mouth of the river. The object of both these expeditions was to prepare for the attack on Chickasaw Bluffs. On December 23d, Porter, who had now come down from Cairo, went up the Yazoo with the Benton, Tyler, and Lexington, three tin-clads, and two rams. By three days incessant labor, under musketry fire from the banks, the fleet worked up to a point within range of the enemy's heavy batteries at Haynes's Bluff, whose fire the Benton sustained for two hours. The ship was not much damaged, but her commander, Gwin, one of the best officers in the squadron, was mortally wounded. After the
William D. Porter (search for this): chapter 5.74
heir neighborhood, the Essex, under Commodore William D. Porter, started down the river, followed brecting Ellet to report for orders and duty to Porter. These two changes made the vessels in the Mi vexed and harassed its commander-in-chief. Porter, as acting rear-admiral, assumed command of thch, before the Yazoo Pass expedition returned, Porter decided to try another route, through a series and Pittsburgh, started on the 14th of March, Porter commanding in person, while a cooperating detaander, it arrived early at Rolling Fork. Here Porter was attacked by a small force, which was evidentil near Vicksburg, coaled from a barge which Porter had set adrift the night before, and which hadGulf, and the third the vessels in Red River. Porter moved from one to the other as occasion requirver. As Grant advanced into the interior, Porter turned his attention to the Red River. For thin fifteen minutes, but all hands were saved. Porter accepted the misfortune with that true underst[21 more...]
K. R. Breese (search for this): chapter 5.74
s movement were the iron-clads De Kalb, Lieutenant-Commander John G. Walker, Louisville, Lieutenant-Commander Elias K. Owen, and Cincinnati, Lieutenant George M. Bache; the ram Monarch, Colonel C. R. Ellet; the gun-boats Black Hawk, Lieutenant-Commander K. R. Breese, and Tyler, Lieutenant-Commander James W. Shirk; and the tin-clads, Rattler, Lieutenant-Commander Watson Smith, and Glide, Lieutenant S. E. Woodworth. McClernand's force, comprising Sherman's and Morgan's corps, accompanied the fleortnight that had elapsed, however, Grant's environment of the town on the east had cut off Haynes's Bluff and the whole Yazoo Valley above it. Porter immediately sent up the De Kalb, Choctaw, and four light-draughts under Lieutenant-Commander K. R. Breese to open communication. Pushing on to Haynes's Bluff the De Kalb, Lieutenant-Commander John G. Walker, in advance, it was found that evacuation had already begun, and the small force left in the works hastily abandoned them. The fortification
Parrott (search for this): chapter 5.74
June 16th. Expecting an immediate attack, Fry placed the Maurepas across the stream and prepared to defend her. Finding that the gun-boats remained below, Fry now landed his guns and scuttled his ship, sinking her across the channel. Two transports also were sunk, and the imperfect obstruction thus created was completed about daylight. During the night a small rifled Parrott gun was placed in position four hundred yards below Dunnington's battery, under Midshipman F. M. Roby. Two rifled Parrott 8-pounders were also moved up soon after daylight, and placed near Roby's gun, and the three guns were manned by the crew of the Maurepas, and fought personally by Fry, the senior officer present. Below this second battery Captain Williams was stationed with his thirty-five men, those without arms having been sent to the rear. He was presently reinforced by the 12-pounder howitzer from the Maurepas, manned by some of her crew. The total force under Fry's command comprised the men with Wi
Constantine Taylor (search for this): chapter 5.74
outh. Besides the main operations at Vicksburg and Port Hudson, the navy had been occupied from time to time in detached bodies at other points. A cut-off, at the mouth of the Arkansas, ingeniously made by Selfridge in April, had contributed materially to the facility of operations at that place. In May Lieutenant-Commander Wilson in the Mound City effectually destroyed a water-battery at Warrenton. In June an attack was made on Milliken's Bend by Confederate troops from Arkansas under Taylor, and the garrison was driven from their works to the levee. At this critical moment Ramsay, in the Choctaw, turned his guns on the successful assailants, and though Lieutenant-commander James M. Prichett. From a photograph. unable to see the enemy on account of the intervening bank, he hailed the troops on shore to ascertain their position; and so well placed were the hundred or more shell and shrapnel that he fired that the Confederates were soon in full retreat. Finally, on the 4th
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