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nd keep open communication between Colonel Conger and the gun-boats. The Forest Rose and Robb covered the landing opposite Hamburg. The force at Savannah had captured some stock and brought it in; but on one occasion, while returning from an expedition, the commanding officer of the party, being pressed by a superior force of the enemy, abandoned his captured stock and barely succeeded in reaching Savannah, where Lieutenant-Commander Phelps found his troops covered by the Covington. Colonel Bissel, the Confederate commander, had invested the town, and given one hour for the removal of the women and children before proceeding to the attack. The answer of the two Union commanders to this summons was, Come and take it. That night Colonel Conger arrived, and the Confederates raised the siege and departed. The same night the gun-boats crossed Colonel Conger's force safely over the river, during which brisk skirmishing was going on, and a number of Union families were taken away by
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ng officers of the small gun-boats exerted themselves to the utmost to make up for the loss of the landing parties. On the 19th of June Acting-Master W. C. Hanford, commanding the U. S. S. Little Rebel, heard that a party of guerillas under Colonel Bissell were lying in wait for gun-boats, proposing to give them one round from their battery and then make off. Hanford mounted two howitzers as field-pieces, manned them with sixteen of his best men, and started them in search of the marauders. On the following morning, June 19th, on hearing the firing of guns the Robb and the Silver Cloud got underway and ran down to the point where the battery had been placed. Here Hanford found that Bissell had attacked his battery with four hundred men, but as the Confederates advanced, four abreast, the Union guns opened on them, making large gaps in their ranks and firing so rapidly that they at length turned and fled, having lost about fifty in killed and wounded, while Hanford had but one ki
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ates, E. C. Brennan and W. H. Lemassena; Engineers, J. V. Starr, C. W. Fairfowl, R. Hoffman, C. W. Ridgely, Robert Long and Oliver Bragg; Gunner, N. B. Willetts; Carpenter, R. Blackford. Hospital-ship Red Rover. Acting-Master, W. R. Welles; Acting-Assistant Paymaster, A. N. Pearson; Acting-Ensign, Wm. Harris; Acting-Master's Mates, C. King and F. Lowe; Engineers, W. J. Buffington, G. W. Gimbeo, W. O. Logne, Julius Eliter and J. A. Goodloe; Acting-Carpenter, H. Kenney; Acting-Assistant Surgeons, George H. Bixby and George Hopkins (Jan. 1864). Iron-clad steamer Tuscumbia. *Lieutenant-Commander, James W. Shirk; Assistant Paymaster, George A. Lyon; Acting-Ensigns, Lewis Kenny and E. M. Clark; Engineers, John W. Hartupee, Perry South and William J. Milligan. Tug Ivy. Acting-Ensign, E. C. Boss; Acting-Master's Mate, S. H. Carson; Engineers, A. Miller and E. Callahan. Steamer W. H. Brown (4th rate). Acting-Volunteer-Lieutenant, J. A. French; Acting-Ensign, J. B. Hawtho
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ller, S. H. Hunt and G. M. Brown; Acting Ensigns, G. D. Gove, W. Wardrop, E. Wv. Clark, R. R. Hubbell and D. P. Rosenmiller; Acting-Master's Mates, F. J. Turner, P. H. Brown, James DeCamp, C. H. Porter and F. D. Campbell; Engineers. G. W. Walker, O. G. Ritchie, A. P. Sutherland and Frandford Shepard. Iron-clad steamer Louisville (4th rate). *Lieutenant-Commander, E. K. Owen; Acting-Assistant Surgeon, W. D. Hoffman; Acting-Assistant Paymaster, D. L. Ruth; Acting-Ensigns, F. Bates; J. T. Blackford, J. G. Waters and S. M. B. Servos; Acting-Master's Mate, H. D. Coffenberry; Engineers, J. B. Fulton, A. W. Hardy. C. W. Reynolds and C. W. Degelman; Acting-Gunner, Wm. Shields, Acting-Carpenter, D. H. Curry. (Jan., 1864.) Iron-clad steamer Choctaw (3d rate). *Lieutenant-Colmmander, F. M. Ramsay; Acting-Assistant Paymaster, Wm. N. Whitehouse; Acting-Master, W. A. Griswold; Acting-Ensigns, E. Beaman, W. C. Bennett, A. S. Palmer and L. R. Hamersly; Acting-Master's Mates, T. Hopkins
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; Engineers, W. H. Price, James Wilkins and E. C. Rensford. Iron-clad steamer Benton (4th rate). *Lieutenant-Commander, James A. Greer; Acting-Master, G. P. Lord; *Ensign, J. F. Reed; Acting-Ensigns, C. A. Wright, J. M. Walker, W. J. Lees and Frank Reed; Acting-Assistant Paymaster, C. G. Lowndes; Acting-Master's Mates, E. C. Brennan and W. H. Lemassena; Engineers, J. V. Starr, C. W. Fairfowl, R. Hoffman, C. W. Ridgely, Robert Long and Oliver Bragg; Gunner, N. B. Willetts; Carpenter, R. Blackford. Hospital-ship Red Rover. Acting-Master, W. R. Welles; Acting-Assistant Paymaster, A. N. Pearson; Acting-Ensign, Wm. Harris; Acting-Master's Mates, C. King and F. Lowe; Engineers, W. J. Buffington, G. W. Gimbeo, W. O. Logne, Julius Eliter and J. A. Goodloe; Acting-Carpenter, H. Kenney; Acting-Assistant Surgeons, George H. Bixby and George Hopkins (Jan. 1864). Iron-clad steamer Tuscumbia. *Lieutenant-Commander, James W. Shirk; Assistant Paymaster, George A. Lyon; Acting-Ensigns
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e, H. D. Coffenberry; Engineers, J. B. Fulton, A. W. Hardy. C. W. Reynolds and C. W. Degelman; Acting-Gunner, Wm. Shields, Acting-Carpenter, D. H. Curry. (Jan., 1864.) Iron-clad steamer Choctaw (3d rate). *Lieutenant-Colmmander, F. M. Ramsay; Acting-Assistant Paymaster, Wm. N. Whitehouse; Acting-Master, W. A. Griswold; Acting-Ensigns, E. Beaman, W. C. Bennett, A. S. Palmer and L. R. Hamersly; Acting-Master's Mates, T. Hopkins and H. Marsh; Engineers, N. P. Baldwin, C. E. Arbuthnot, Joseph Blake, S. C. Babbitt and E. H. Austin; Acting-Gunner, Reuben Applegate; Acting-Carpenter, J. A. Stewart. Iron-clad steamer Lafayette (4th rate). *Captain, Henry Walke; Acting-Volunteer-Lieutenant, James Laning; Acting-Assistant Surgeon, Collins D. White; Acting-Assistant Paymaster, James P. Kelly; Acting-Ensigns, J. L. Moran, Elias Smith and W. C. Bennet; Acting-Master's Mates, H. G. Warren, C. H Slocum, H. C. Marsh, S. O. Lovell, S. R. Winram, W. P. Higbee, Thomas Twitchell and Paul Morg
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er's Mates, Hugh Kuhl, D. F. Davids and Raymond Wigand; Engineers, P. M. Strickland, Joseph Bolejack and Julius Gale. Iron-clad steamer Indianola (4th rate). *Lieutenant-Commander, George Brown; Acting-Ensigns, J. A. Yates, W. S. Pease and Thomas McElevell; Acting-Assistant Paymaster, Thomas Carstairs; Acting-Master's Mates, P. W. Frost, W. S. Ward, James Williams, Gardner Phipps and L. Kenney; Engineers, Thomas Doughty, David Hawksworth, W. B. Hovey, G, W. Voice, George Wadell and Josephus Blake; Acting-Carpenter, James E. Green. Steam gun-boat General Bragg 4th rate). Lieutenant, Joshua Bishop; Acting-Assistant Surgeon, W. A. Collins; Acting-Assistant Paymaster, J. H. Jenkins; Acting-Ensigns, T. J. McLaughlin and Edw. F. Phelps; Acting-Master's Mates, Alex. Lee, John Lawson and John Ackley; Engineers, Oliver Titcomb, E. W. Andrews and Joseph Anderson; Acting-Gunner, Lewis Dawson; Acting-Carpenter, L. D. Johnston. Iron-clad steamer Mound City (4th rate). *Lieutenant,
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le. Steamer Marmora (4th rate). Acting-Volunteer-Lieutenant, Robert Getty; Acting-Assistant Surgeon, Fayette Clapp; Acting-Assistant Paymaster, G. S. Sproston; Acting-Master, Elias Reese; Acting-Ensigns, Edw. Alford, H. H. Walker, Elliot Callender and Edward Morgan; Acting-Master's Mates, J. W. Foster, D. B. Lawrence and D. C. Bond; Engineer, G. W. Smith, W. C. Armstrong and J. S. Armstrong. Steamer Cricket (4th rate). Acting-Master, A. R. Langthorne; Acting-Assistant Surgeon, H. A. Bodman; Acting Assistant Paymaster, S. T. Savage; Acting-Ensign, J. W. Morehead; Acting-Master's Mates, E. C. Hubbell, Wm. Gregg and W. O. Stephenson; Engineers, B. Hand, David Chillas and George Shipley. Steamer Romeo (4th rate). *Acting-Volunteer-Lieutenant, J. V. Johnston; (Admiral's Report, ‘86) Acting-Assistant Surgeon, J. S. McNeely; Acting-Assistant Paymaster, E. R. Maffat; Acting-Ensigns, J. B. Dwyer, Pat.Murphy, Robert P. Smith and Eugene Zimmerman; Acting-Master's Mates, J. E. Er
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R. Starr; Acting-Masters' Mates, Henry Booby, Daniel Winget and D. W. Stebbins; Engineers, W. O. McFarland, Simon Shultice, Reuben Storey and F. Hense; Acting-Gunner, J. F. Ribbitt; Acting Carpenter, G. H. Stevens. Steamer Juliet (4th rate). Acting-Volunteer-Lieutenant, Edward Shaw; Acting-Assistant Paymaster, Geo. W. Winans; Acting-Ensigns, W. L. Holcomb, W. C. Turner and M. K. Haines; Acting-Master's Mates, Hugh Kuhl, D. F. Davids and Raymond Wigand; Engineers, P. M. Strickland, Joseph Bolejack and Julius Gale. Iron-clad steamer Indianola (4th rate). *Lieutenant-Commander, George Brown; Acting-Ensigns, J. A. Yates, W. S. Pease and Thomas McElevell; Acting-Assistant Paymaster, Thomas Carstairs; Acting-Master's Mates, P. W. Frost, W. S. Ward, James Williams, Gardner Phipps and L. Kenney; Engineers, Thomas Doughty, David Hawksworth, W. B. Hovey, G, W. Voice, George Wadell and Josephus Blake; Acting-Carpenter, James E. Green. Steam gun-boat General Bragg 4th rate). Lie
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. H. Seever and D. P. Boseworth; Acting-Master's Mates, D. McKay and Peter Barclay; Engineers, D. E. Weaver, W. H. Coulter, Alex. Campbell, J. B. Baldwin and R. A. Kyle. Steamer Marmora (4th rate). Acting-Volunteer-Lieutenant, Robert Getty; Acting-Assistant Surgeon, Fayette Clapp; Acting-Assistant Paymaster, G. S. Sproston; Acting-Master, Elias Reese; Acting-Ensigns, Edw. Alford, H. H. Walker, Elliot Callender and Edward Morgan; Acting-Master's Mates, J. W. Foster, D. B. Lawrence and D. C. Bond; Engineer, G. W. Smith, W. C. Armstrong and J. S. Armstrong. Steamer Cricket (4th rate). Acting-Master, A. R. Langthorne; Acting-Assistant Surgeon, H. A. Bodman; Acting Assistant Paymaster, S. T. Savage; Acting-Ensign, J. W. Morehead; Acting-Master's Mates, E. C. Hubbell, Wm. Gregg and W. O. Stephenson; Engineers, B. Hand, David Chillas and George Shipley. Steamer Romeo (4th rate). *Acting-Volunteer-Lieutenant, J. V. Johnston; (Admiral's Report, ‘86) Acting-Assistant Surgeon, J
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