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Newburyport (Michigan, United States) (search for this): chapter 14
Preble, 6; Itaska, Lieutenant Caldwell, 5; Kineo, Lieutenant Ransom, 5; Wissahickon, Lieutenant A. N. Smith, 5; Pinola, Lieutenant Crosby; Kennebec, Lieutenant Russell, 5; Sciota, Lieutenant Donalson, 6; schooner Kittatinny, Lieutenant Lamson, 9; Miami, Lieutenant Harroll, 6; Clifton, 5; and Westfield, Captain Renshaw, 6. There were twenty mortar-vessels, in three divisions, the first, or Red, of six vessels, under Lieutenant Watson Smith, in the Norfolk Packet; the second, or Blue, of seven v success. At sunset on the 23d, April, 1862. Farragut was ready for his perilous forward movement. The mortar-boats, keeping their position, were to cover the advance with their fire. Six gun-boats (Harriet Lane, Westfield, Owasco, Clinton, Miami, and Jackson, the last towing the Ports-mouth) were to engage the water-battery below Fort Jackson, but not to make an attempt to pass it. Farragut, with his flag-ship Hartford, and the equally large ships Richmond and Brooklyn, that formed the f
New York (New York, United States) (search for this): chapter 14
e to pass on toward New David D. Porter. Orleans in such manner as might seem best. For these purposes, the combined forces were ready for action at the middle of April. The Confederates had made the most ample provisions, as they thought, for the sure defense of New Orleans. The infamous General Twiggs, See page 265, volume I. whom the Louisiana insurgents had called to their command, had been superseded by Mansfield Lovell, formerly a politician and office-holder in the City of New York. He was assisted by General Ruggles, a man of considerable energy. Lovell everywhere saw evidences of Twiggs's imbecility; and, when he was informed of the gathering of National ships and soldiers in the Gulf, he perceived the necessity of strongly guarding every avenue of approach to New Orleans. This was by far the largest and most important city within the bounds of the Confederacy. It is on the eastern side of the Mississippi River, about one hundred miles above its passes, or
South Carolina (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 14
e mention of which the blood recoils with horror. A Georgian offered a reward of $10,000 for the infamous Butler's head; and A Savannah woman suggested a contribution from every woman in the Confederacy to triple the sum. Paul R. Hayne, the South Carolina poet, was again inspired to write nonsense (see page 104, volume I.), and said:-- Yes I but there's one who shall not die In battle harness! One for whom Lurks in the darkness silently Another and a sterner doom! A warrior's end should crissued, Richard Yeadon, a prominent citizen of Charleston, publicly offered Jan. 1, 1863. a reward of $10,000 for the capture and delivery of the said Benjamin F. Butler, dead or alive, to any proper Confederate authority. And A daughter of South Carolina, in a letter to the Charleston Courier, said, I propose to spin the thread to make the cord to execute the order of our noble President, Davis, when old Butler is caught, and my daughter asks that she may be allowed to adjust it around his ne
Louisiana (Louisiana, United States) (search for this): chapter 14
owerful ironclad floating battery called the Louisiana, and the ram Manassas, already mentioned. lip. The ram Manassas, the floating battery Louisiana, and sixteen other armed vessels, all under the command of Captain Mitchell of the Louisiana, were, for a few moments, intent upon her destruct. This was the first Government property in Louisiana repossessed by the Government. The store-hond his body. Mitchell towed his battery (the Louisiana), which lay above the forts, out into the stperty commenced, by order of the Governor of Louisiana and General Lovell. Pollard, i. 316. In aSoule and his friends persisted in regarding Louisiana as an independent sovereignty, and the objec the ablest of the instigators of treason in Louisiana, as a prisoner in Fort Warren; and by one ofwe can give our daughters. The Governor of Louisiana said: It was reserved for a Federal general under its infliction. It annihilated us in Louisiana, said the Confederate historian of the war;
Portsmouth, Va. (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 14
each; Richmond, Captain Alden, 26; Mississippi, Captain M. Smith, 12; Iroquois, Commander De Camp; and Oneida, Commander S. P. Lee, 9 each; sailing sloop-of-war Portsmouth, 17; gun-boats Varuna, Captain Boggs, 12; Cayuga, Lieutenant Harrison, 5; Winona, Lieutenant Nichols, 4; Katahdin, Lieutenant Preble, 6; Itaska, Lieutenant Caldt Jackson,. while Captain Theodorus Bailey, with the second division,, composed of the Pensacola, Mississippi, Oneida, Varuna, Katahdin, Kineo, Wissahickon, and Portsmouth, was to keep closely to the eastern bank, and. fight Fort St. Philip. To Captain Bell was assigned the duty of attacking the Confederate fleet above the forts.s close under those of Fort St. Philip, when she gave that work heavy broadsides of grape and canister as she passed by. The Pensacola, Mississippi, Varuna, and Portsmouth were following close in the wake of the Cayuga, and in all respects imitated her example; and the whole of Bailey's division passed the forts almost unharmed, e
Maine (Maine, United States) (search for this): chapter 14
d, the vulgar epithet of Butler the beast, and it was freely used by every enemy of the Government, South and North, until the end of the strife. This letter was answered by the deposition and arrest of the Mayor, The terrified official hastened to explain his letter, when Butler agreed to release him from the penalty of imprisonment on condition that he should withdraw the letter and make an apology. This he did in the most humble manner. and the appointment of General G. F. Shepley, of Maine, as Military Governor of New Orleans, who at once organized an efficient police force and made the city a model of quiet and good order. This vigor was followed by the arrest of William B. Mumford, his trial and conviction by a military court, and his execution as a traitor in the presence of a vast multitude, who quietly dispersed to their homes, with the salutary reflection that the Government had indeed repossessed its property, and was exercising its rightful authority in the city of Ne
Pensacola (Florida, United States) (search for this): chapter 14
yuga, gave the batteries such destructive broadsides of shell, grape, and shrapnel that at the first discharge the Confederates were driven from their guns. The Pensacola and the Brooklyn, and then the remainder of the fleet, followed the Hartford's example, and in the course of twenty minutes the batteries were silenced and their so wretched and desperate a renegade as would dare to profane with his hand the sacred emblem of our aspirations. In the mean time a force had landed from the Pensacola, which was lying opposite Esplanade Street, and, unopposed, hoisted the National flag over the Government Mint; but as soon as they retired it was torn down and the Pinckney Battalion, and a gambler named William B. Mumford. There was no guard left at the Mint to defend the flag, but a watch was set in the top of the Pensacola, from which a howitzer hurled grape-shot at the men who pulled down the flag, but without effect. This act was hailed with acclamation by the secessionists of Ne
Europe (search for this): chapter 14
llion on the Mint and Custom House, locked the door of the latter, and returned with the key to his vessel. Those flags were undisturbed. The occupation of the European brigade, a military organization in New Orleans, ostensibly for the purpose of aiding the authorities in the protection of the citizens from unruly members, but the municipal authority was to be continued, so far as the police of the city and its environs were concerned, until suspended. To assist in keeping order, the European brigade, which, as we have observed, had professedly been employed for that purpose, on the evacuation of the city by Lovell and his troops, were invited to co-os made the key-note of a cry of indignation that was heard in every part of the Confederacy, and was echoed by the friends of the conspirators in the North and in Europe. Do not leave your women to the merciless foe, appealed The daughters of New Orleans to every Southern soldier. . . . Rather let us die with you, oh, our fathers
Pensacola, Mississippi (Mississippi, United States) (search for this): chapter 14
Hartford, and the equally large ships Richmond and Brooklyn, that formed the first division, was to keep near the right bank of the river, and fight Fort Jackson,. while Captain Theodorus Bailey, with the second division,, composed of the Pensacola, Mississippi, Oneida, Varuna, Katahdin, Kineo, Wissahickon, and Portsmouth, was to keep closely to the eastern bank, and. fight Fort St. Philip. To Captain Bell was assigned the duty of attacking the Confederate fleet above the forts. He was to keepused the forts tan break their long silence, and bring heavy guns to bear upon her. She did not reply until she was close under those of Fort St. Philip, when she gave that work heavy broadsides of grape and canister as she passed by. The Pensacola, Mississippi, Varuna, and Portsmouth were following close in the wake of the Cayuga, and in all respects imitated her example; and the whole of Bailey's division passed the forts almost unharmed, excepting the sailing vessel Portsmouth, which, on firi
Mississippi (United States) (search for this): chapter 14
erates in their defenses the fleets of Farragut and Porter, 330. their appearance on the Mississippi River, 331. bombardment of forts Jackson and St. Philip, 332. passage of the forts by War-vessost important city within the bounds of the Confederacy. It is on the eastern side of the Mississippi River, about one hundred miles above its passes, or mouths, and has two extensive bodies of wateity in the world. Lovell's special efforts for defense were put forth on the banks of the Mississippi, between the city and its passes or mouths. The principal passes by which the waters of thse, built of brick, belonging to the Government, and situated on the east or left bank of the Mississippi, just above the forts. This was the first Government property in Louisiana repossessed by thest grain and cattle countries within the limits of the Confederacy; gave to the enemy the Mississippi River, with all its means of navigation, for a base of operations, and finally led, by plain and
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