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July 19th (search for this): chapter 30
Ohio to a point where the water was too low to float the gun-boats, probably not dreaming that the vessels had been selected for just such an emergency and drew barely sixteen inches. With all he could do, Morgan could find no place to cross, for the gun-boats pressed close to him night and day, firing upon his men whenever they approached the river. This odd march of the Confederates and the pursuit of the gun-boats continued up the river for five hundred miles. On the morning of the 19th of July, Fitch attacked Morgan's troops just above Buffington Island. The enemy made a desperate resistance with artillery and musketry for over an hour, at the end of which time they broke and fled, leaving behind two pieces of artillery, wagons, horses, arms, etc. A portion of them rallied and moved rapidly up along the river bank; but Fitch followed them so closely that they soon scattered among the hills out of the reach of the shells. The road along the bank was strewed with plunder left
August 9th (search for this): chapter 30
wherein promotions would be more worthily bestowed than in that of Lieutenant-Commander Prichett, and it will give me great pleasure to learn that his services have received a proper reward. Prichett never received any reward save an eloquent letter from Mr. Secretary Welles, which that gentleman knew so well how to indite, but he had the satisfaction of not having dimmed the lustre of that 4th of July made so glorious by the capture of Vicksburg and the victory of Gettysburg. On the 9th of August the Mound City, Lieutenant-Commander Byron Wilson, while at Lake Providence, gave the enemy a severe lesson. Captain John McNeil, C. S. A., notorious raider, made a descent on Lake Providence with some seventy men, for the purpose of carrying off some mules, horses and wagons, a number of the latter having congregated there during the occupation pation of the place by a part of the Federal army. As McNeil's men entered the town the Mound City opened on them with her portbattery and t
1833 AD (search for this): chapter 30
emmes; Acting-Ensign J. M. Kelly (1864). Tug Mistletoe.--Acting-Ensign W. H. H. Ford (1863); Jas. M. Quigley (1864). Tug Mignonette.--Acting-Ensign E. S. Hamlin (1863); Acting-Ensign H. D. Green (1864). Tug Myrtle.--Second Assistant-Engineer Thomas Guernsey (1863); Acting-Ensign J. N. Goldsmith (1864). Tug Hyacinth.--Acting-Ensign J. B. Heizerman (1863-4). Tug Thistle.--Acting-Ensign P. H. Timmons; Acting-Ensign R. E. Ettingham (1864). Tug Daisy.--Acting-Ensign D. C. Bowers (1833-4). Despatch Steamer Gen. Lyon.--Pilot R. E. Birch. Steamer Brilliant.--Acting-Volunteer-Lieutenant C. G. Perkins (1864). Tug Lilly.--Acting-Ensign R. H. Smith. Steamer Vindicator.--Acting-Volunteer-Lieutenant H. H. Gorringe (1865). Iron-clad Essex.--Commander Robert Townsend (1864); Commander Andrew Bryson (1865). Steamer Ozark.--Acting-Volunteer-Lieutenant G. W. Brown (1865). Steamer Chickasaw.--Building at St. Louis (1864). Steamer Kickapoo.--Building at St. Louis 1
1834 AD (search for this): chapter 30
s; Acting-Ensign J. M. Kelly (1864). Tug Mistletoe.--Acting-Ensign W. H. H. Ford (1863); Jas. M. Quigley (1864). Tug Mignonette.--Acting-Ensign E. S. Hamlin (1863); Acting-Ensign H. D. Green (1864). Tug Myrtle.--Second Assistant-Engineer Thomas Guernsey (1863); Acting-Ensign J. N. Goldsmith (1864). Tug Hyacinth.--Acting-Ensign J. B. Heizerman (1863-4). Tug Thistle.--Acting-Ensign P. H. Timmons; Acting-Ensign R. E. Ettingham (1864). Tug Daisy.--Acting-Ensign D. C. Bowers (1833-4). Despatch Steamer Gen. Lyon.--Pilot R. E. Birch. Steamer Brilliant.--Acting-Volunteer-Lieutenant C. G. Perkins (1864). Tug Lilly.--Acting-Ensign R. H. Smith. Steamer Vindicator.--Acting-Volunteer-Lieutenant H. H. Gorringe (1865). Iron-clad Essex.--Commander Robert Townsend (1864); Commander Andrew Bryson (1865). Steamer Ozark.--Acting-Volunteer-Lieutenant G. W. Brown (1865). Steamer Chickasaw.--Building at St. Louis (1864). Steamer Kickapoo.--Building at St. Louis 1864
1863 AD (search for this): chapter 30
loyed at other points on the Mississippi River, 1863-65. After the surrender of Vicksburg, there rate). *Acting-Lieutenant, S. E. Woodworth (1863); Acting-Assistant Surgeon, George Harvey; Acti Vessels employed at other points on the river (1863-5). Steamer Peosta (4th rate).--Acting-Volun(4th rate).--Lieutenant-Commander Le Roy Fitch (1863); Acting-Master Geo. G. Groves (1864). Steamer Fawn (4th rate).--Acting-Master J. R. Grove (1863). Steamer Silver Cloud (4th rate).--Acting-Vnal.--*Acting-Volunteer-Lieutenant, C. Dominey (1863); Acting-Ensign W. P. Lee (1864). Steamer Con.--Acting-Volunteer-Lieutenant.--* J. S. Hurd (1863); Acting-Volunteer-Lieutenant George P. Lord (1 Tug Mignonette.--Acting-Ensign E. S. Hamlin (1863); Acting-Ensign H. D. Green (1864). Tug Myrtle.--Second Assistant-Engineer Thomas Guernsey (1863); Acting-Ensign J. N. Goldsmith (1864). Tug Hyacinth.--Acting-Ensign J. B. Heizerman (1863-4). Tug Thistle.--Acting-Ensign P. H. Timmons; Act[3 more...]
January, 1863 AD (search for this): chapter 30
other rivers was not great, it had powerful coadjutors in those little gun-boats which the enemy at first professed to despise, but which they were anxious to avoid when circumstances brought them near together. On many occasions a few gun-boats were of more advantage than a division of soldiers would have been. Mississippi Squadron. Vessels employed at Vicksburg during the siege, with list of officers. Names of vessels, officers, etc., are obtained from the Navy Register of January, 1863, unless some other date is appended thus (1864), (1865). Officers who received favorable notice in Admiral Porter's official report, dated July 13, 1863 (concerning the fall of Vicksburg and operations on the river), are marked thus*. Flag-ship Black Hawk (3d rate). *Lieutenant-Commander, K. R. Breese; Fleet-Surgeon, Ninian Pinkney; Assistant Surgeon, J. C. Bertolette; Acting-Assistant Paymaster, W. H. Sells; Ensigns, W. B. Bridgeman, Merrill Miller, S. H. Hunt and G. M. Brown; Act
April, 1863 AD (search for this): chapter 30
treachery flourished in Tennessee owing to this guerilla system. In some parts of the State almost every family had one or more of these quasi-soldiers belonging to a gang whose occupation was firing on unarmed steamers, and seldom or ever, even when supported by artillery, making a successful stand against the light gun-boats called tin-clads. Now and then they would receive severe punishment and some of them get killed; occasionally when overtaken they were summarily dealt with. In April, 1863, Lieutenant-Commander LeRoy Fitch was patrolling the Tennessee River with the gun-boats Lexington, Robert, and Silver Lake. This active officer made matters so uncomfortable for the guerillas that they did not often come within range of his guns. One of his first acts was to take on board his vessels one hundred and fifty soldiers from Fort Hindman. under command of Colonel Craig, and visit the landings infested by guerillas. At Savannah, where Lieutenant-Commander Fitch landed two hu
April 25th, 1863 AD (search for this): chapter 30
neral, Cox, some eighteen miles above Savannah on the Tennessee General Ellet's command was not popular with the Confederate inhabitants, as the former did not trouble themselves much about the amenities of war. They saw so many irregularities committed by the enemy that they retaliated in many instances by destroving the property of disloyal persons, and often returned from an expedition with sufficient stores captured from the enemy to last the command a month. On the morning of April 25, 1863, the Marine Brigade was attacked at a place called Duck River by a Confederate force of seven hundred men and two field-pieces under Colonel Woodward. It seems the enemy mistook the Marine Brigade vessels for transports and were quite unprepared for the reception they encountered. As soon as possible a landing was effected and the enemy pursued for twelve miles. Major White, of the 6th Texas Rangers, was found mortally wounded in a house four miles from the field of battle where eight
June, 1863 AD (search for this): chapter 30
d two wounded. On this occasion the gun-boats fired with grape and canister at close quarters, and the enemy's column was enfiladed on both sides as it advanced. The Confederates had dismounted from their horses to charge the battery. In June, 1863, a great sensation was created throughout the country by a thrilling account of an attack made on a body of colored troops stationed at Milliken's Bend, by a portion of the Confederate army under General Price. Milliken's Bend is but two or thrc. The Court House, which was the rendezvous of the conscriptors, was burned with a quantity of arms and stores. The Union party lost only a horse killed. This was the end of the conscription business in that quarter. In the latter part of June, 1863, Lieutenant-Commander Phelps crossed fifteen hundred cavalry under Colonel Conger, of the 10th Missouri Volunteers, over the river. Colonel Conger made a forced march on Florence, Alabama, and captured the place after a sharp engagement. The
July 13th, 1863 AD (search for this): chapter 30
ous to avoid when circumstances brought them near together. On many occasions a few gun-boats were of more advantage than a division of soldiers would have been. Mississippi Squadron. Vessels employed at Vicksburg during the siege, with list of officers. Names of vessels, officers, etc., are obtained from the Navy Register of January, 1863, unless some other date is appended thus (1864), (1865). Officers who received favorable notice in Admiral Porter's official report, dated July 13, 1863 (concerning the fall of Vicksburg and operations on the river), are marked thus*. Flag-ship Black Hawk (3d rate). *Lieutenant-Commander, K. R. Breese; Fleet-Surgeon, Ninian Pinkney; Assistant Surgeon, J. C. Bertolette; Acting-Assistant Paymaster, W. H. Sells; Ensigns, W. B. Bridgeman, Merrill Miller, 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
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