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Thomas O. Selfridge (search for this): chapter 14.97
The Navy at Fort Fisher. by Thomas O. Selfridge, Jr., Captain, U. S. N. When the Secretary of the Navy, Mr. Welles, recognizing the importance of closing the port of Wilmington, urged upon President Lincoln to direct a cooperation of the army, General Grant was requested to supply the necessary force from the troops about Ric of divisions, the iron-clads leading. At 11:30 the signal was thrown out from the flag-ship Malvern : Engage the enemy. The Ironsides, followed by Captain T. O. Selfridge, Jr. From a photograph. The bombardment of Fort Fisher, January 15, 1865. taken from Lithographs. the monitors, took position as close in as their drommander James Parker (who was Breese's senior but waived his rank, the latter being in command as the admiral's representative), the third under Lieutenant-Commander T. O. Selfridge, Jr.; a total of 1600 blue jackets, to which was added a division of 400 marines under Captain L. L. Dawson. The whole force marched up the beach a
M. Sicard (search for this): chapter 14.97
istols, to stand against veteran soldiers armed with rifles and bayonets. Another fatal mistake was the stopping at the sea angle. Two hundred yards farther would have brought us to a low parapet without palisade or ditch, where, with proper arms, we could have intrenched and fought. Some sixty remained at the front, at the foot of the parapet, under cover of the palisade, until nightfall enabled them to withdraw. Among the number I remember Lieutenant-Commanders Breese, Parker, Cushman, Sicard; Lieutenants Farquhar, Lamson, S. W. Nichols, and Bartlett. A loss of some three hundred in killed and wounded attests the gallant nature of the assault. Among these were several prominent officers, including Lieutenants Preston and Porter, killed; Lieutenant-Commanders C. H. Cushman, W. N. Allen, Lieutenant G. M. Bache, wounded. After their repulse the sailors did good service with the marines by manning the intrenchments thrown up across the peninsula, which enabled General Terry to
Alfred H. Terry (search for this): chapter 14.97
e skirmish-line within Captain K. R. Breese. From a photograph. Major General A. H. Terry. From a photograph. fifty yards. Butler and Weitzel decided that itades under General Charles J. Paine, the whole under the command of Major-General Alfred H. Terry. While lying at Beaufort, Admiral Porter determined to assist in ttwo thousand officers and men offered themselves for this perilous duty. General Terry arrived off Beaufort [see map, p. 629] with his forces on the 8th of Januartroyed or dismounted. According to the report of General C. B. Comstock, General Terry's chief engineer, there were 21 guns and 3 mortars on the land front; of th to rally them. It was certainly mortifying, after charging for a mile, General Terry writes to the editors that he thinks that the head of the column of sailors by manning the intrenchments thrown up across the peninsula, which enabled General Terry to send Abbott's brigade and Blackman's (27th U. S.) colored regiment to th
Beaufort, N. C. (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 14.97
saved from sinking by her captain, Commander Clitz. During the bombardment the transports, with troops, arrived from Beaufort. On Christmas day, as agreed upon between Admiral Porter and General Butler, the smaller vessels were engaged in coveriack them. They were taken off in the morning, and the transports steamed away for Hampton Roads, the fleet returning to Beaufort. Thus ended the first attack upon Fort Fisher. Words cannot express the bitter feeling and chagrin of the navy. We ald brigades under General Charles J. Paine, the whole under the command of Major-General Alfred H. Terry. While lying at Beaufort, Admiral Porter determined to assist in the land attack of the army by an assault upon the sea-face of Fort Fisher with lled for, and some two thousand officers and men offered themselves for this perilous duty. General Terry arrived off Beaufort [see map, p. 629] with his forces on the 8th of January, 1865, a plan of operations was agreed upon, and the 12th was fi
Hampton Roads (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 14.97
e fort, the skirmish-line within Captain K. R. Breese. From a photograph. Major General A. H. Terry. From a photograph. fifty yards. Butler and Weitzel decided that it could not be taken by assault. Orders were issued to reembark after being on shore but a few hours. Some seven hundred men were left on shore, the sea being too rough to get them off, but the demoralized enemy did not attempt to attack them. They were taken off in the morning, and the transports steamed away for Hampton Roads, the fleet returning to Beaufort. Thus ended the first attack upon Fort Fisher. Words cannot express the bitter feeling and chagrin of the navy. We all felt the fruit was ripe for plucking and with little exertion would have fallen into the hands of the army. Second attack upon Fort Fisher. Upon receiving Admiral Porter's dispatches, Mr. Welles again sought the cooperation of the army, to which General Grant at once acceded, sending back the same force of white troops, reenforc
Fort Fisher (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 14.97
The Navy at Fort Fisher. by Thomas O. Selfridge, Jr., Captain, U. S. N. When the Secretary of y force from the troops about Richmond. As Fort Fisher lay within the territorial jurisdiction of . From a photograph. The bombardment of Fort Fisher, January 15, 1865. taken from Lithographs.ng of the guns. So quickly had the guns of Fort Fisher been silenced In a note to the editors CBeaufort. Thus ended the first attack upon Fort Fisher. Words cannot express the bitter feeling ae hands of the army. Second attack upon Fort Fisher. Upon receiving Admiral Porter's dispatcthe army by an assault upon the sea-face of Fort Fisher with a body of seamen. In a general order ctive such a storm of shell was poured into Fort Fisher, that forenoon, as I believe had never been lead them to where North-east salient of Fort Fisher, showing on the left the ground over which r as to say the army could not have stormed Fort Fisher without the diversion afforded by the naval[7 more...]
United States (United States) (search for this): chapter 14.97
was enabled to anchor nearer, and likewise the whole battle-line was much closer and their fire more effective, the best proof of which is the large number of guns upon the land-face of the fort that was found to be destroyed or dismounted. According to the report of General C. B. Comstock, General Terry's chief engineer, there were 21 guns and 3 mortars on the land front; of these three-fourths were rendered unserviceable. General H. L. Abbot states ( Defence of the sea coast of the United States, p. 31), as a result of personal inspection immediately after the capture, that out of 20 guns on the land-face 8 guns and 8 carriages (16 in all) were disabled.--editors. The weight of fire was such that the enemy could make but a feeble reply. At nightfall the fleet hauled off, excepting the iron-clads, which kept up a slow fire through the night. During the 14th a number of the smaller gunboats carrying 1-inch guns were sent in to assist in dismounting the guns on the land-face.
Wilmington, N. C. (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 14.97
The Navy at Fort Fisher. by Thomas O. Selfridge, Jr., Captain, U. S. N. When the Secretary of the Navy, Mr. Welles, recognizing the importance of closing the port of Wilmington, urged upon President Lincoln to direct a cooperation of the army, General Grant was requested to supply the necessary force from the troops about Richmond. As Fort Fisher lay within the territorial jurisdiction of General Butler, commanding the Department of Virginia and North Carolina, the troops were detailed from his command, and in the first attack Butler, with General Weitzel in immediate command of the troops, had control of the land operations. The naval command of the expedition having been declined by Admiral Farragut, on account of ill-health, Rear-Admiral Porter, who had so successfully cooperated with the army in opening the Mississippi, was selected, and was allowed to bring with him five of his officers, of whom the writer was one, being detailed for the command of the gun-boat Huron. The A
J. H. Upshur (search for this): chapter 14.97
e the fort. Going in much closer than before, the monitors were within twelve hundred yards of the fort. Their fire was in consequence much more effective. The remainder of the fleet were occupied till 2 P. M. in landing the troops and stores. This particular duty, the provisioning of the army, and the protection of its flank was afterward turned over to the lighter gun-boats, whose guns were too small to employ them in the bombardment of the fort, the whole under the charge of Commander J. H. Upshur, commanding the gun-boat A. D. Vance. On the afternoon of the 13th the fleet, excepting the iron-clads, which had remained in their first positions close to the fort, steamed into the several positions assigned them and opened a terrific fire. By placing a buoy close to the outer reef, as a guide, the leading ship, the Minnesota, was enabled to anchor nearer, and likewise the whole battle-line was much closer and their fire more effective, the best proof of which is the large nu
Godfrey Weitzel (search for this): chapter 14.97
m the troops about Richmond. As Fort Fisher lay within the territorial jurisdiction of General Butler, commanding the Department of Virginia and North Carolina, the troops were detailed from his command, and in the first attack Butler, with General Weitzel in immediate command of the troops, had control of the land operations. The naval command of the expedition having been declined by Admiral Farragut, on account of ill-health, Rear-Admiral Porter, who had so successfully cooperated with the boats of the fleet and advanced with little or no opposition to within a short distance of the fort, the skirmish-line within Captain K. R. Breese. From a photograph. Major General A. H. Terry. From a photograph. fifty yards. Butler and Weitzel decided that it could not be taken by assault. Orders were issued to reembark after being on shore but a few hours. Some seven hundred men were left on shore, the sea being too rough to get them off, but the demoralized enemy did not attempt t
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