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George G. Meade (search for this): chapter 1.5
bitterness with which, under popular governments, ministries have been ready to sacrifice commanders who have not strengthened their administration by success in war. The great President was superior to such littleness; so much cannot be said for his Navy Department. Admiral Du Pont's failure to take Charleston with the means allotted for its capture occurred before General Grant's magnificent strategy and persistence had defeated the rebel armies in the field and taken Vicksburg, and before Meade and Hancock with the Army of the Potomac had broken the back of the rebellion at Gettysburg. It was of immense importance that some great feat of arms by land or by sea should cheer the supporters of the Union, strengthen our Government, and discourage the friends of our dismemberment on the other side of the ocean. Iron-clads and fast cruisers were being built in England and France for the so-called Confederate States, the French Emperor was seeking opportunity to declare against us, and
C. R. P. Rodgers (search for this): chapter 1.5
Du Pont's attack at Charleston. by C. R. P. Rodgers, rear-Admiral, U. S. N.,--during the attack chief-of-staff. As Boston was regarded as the cradle of American liberty, where the infancy of the Union was nurtured, so Charleston, in later days, came to be considered the nursery of disunion. Therefore, during our civil war, no city in the South was so obnoxious to Union men as Charleston. Richmond was the objective point of our armies, as its capture was expected to end the war, but it excilots could not see the landmarks to direct their course, and the attack was necessarily deferred until the following day. On the 7th at noon the signal was made to weigh anchor; it was the earliest hour at which the pilots would Rear-Admiral C. R. P. Rodgers. From a photograph. consent to move, owing to the state of the tide. The movement was still further delayed by the Weehawken, whose chain became entangled with one of the grapnels of the cumbrous torpedo raft devised by Mr. Ericsso
Alexander Rhind (search for this): chapter 1.5
officers in it who were available for the great work he had so much at heart. Percival Drayton, John Rodgers, Worden, Ammen, George Rodgers, Fairfax, Downes, and Rhind were chosen for the turret ships, and Commodore Thomas Turner for the Ironsides. It would have been difficult to find in the navy men of higher reputation for skisides, Commodore Thomas Turner; Catskill, Commander George W. Rodgers; Nantucket, Commander Donald M. Fairfax; Nahant, Commander John Downes; and Keokuk, Commander Alexander Rhind. The admiral had arranged to lead in the Ironsides, but, much against his will, after earnest persuasion from his captains, consented to occupy the centf them within hail. The first was the Keokuk [see p. 11], riddled like a colander, the most severely mauled ship one ever saw, and on her deck the daring and able Rhind, than whom no braver man ever commanded a ship, and who came limping forward, wounded, Bombardment of Fort Sumter and adjacent forts by the Union fleet, April 7
Daniel Ammen (search for this): chapter 1.5
e available for the great work he had so much at heart. Percival Drayton, John Rodgers, Worden, Ammen, George Rodgers, Fairfax, Downes, and Rhind were chosen for the turret ships, and Commodore Thomannels, Admiral Du Pont sent Captain Drayton with the Passaic, accompanied by the Patapsco, Commander Ammen, and the Nahant, Commander Downes, to try the batteries of these three monitors against Fors; the Passaic, Captain Percival Drayton; the Montauk, Captain John L. Worden; Patapsco, Commander Daniel Ammen; New Ironsides, Commodore Thomas Turner; Catskill, Commander George W. Rodgers; Nantuckehief-of-staff, by John Worden, of monitor fame, and by that grim, true-hearted, fighting man, Daniel Ammen. These, all turning short of the obstructions, threw the vessels following into some confusiour success with all other means combined. The five iron-clads sent you are all the Rear-Admiral Daniel Ammen. From a photograph. department has completed on the Atlantic coast, with the excepti
S. F. Du Pont (search for this): chapter 1.5
before all the others could be expected, Admiral Du Pont, on the 1st of February, 1863, sent that ads against forts on obstructed channels, Admiral Du Pont sent Captain Drayton with the Passaic, ac map, p. 3.] In his order for the day, Admiral Du Pont had planned to deliver his first attack u captains stood like a wall of iron about Admiral Du Pont's reputation, and there was no joint to br inside the bar, and near Morris Island, Admiral Du Pont received the following order, brought wit Late at night on the 8th of April, after Admiral Du Pont had received the letters just quoted, Gen, the same monitor he had commanded under Admiral Du Pont in the action of the 7th of April. He haefenses. This was nearly two years after Admiral Du Pont had declared it could not be taken by a pke Morris Island his base of operations. Admiral Du Pont believed that the troops should attack fr Awaiting the arrival of his successor, Admiral Du Pont would not commit him to a plan that did n[25 more...]
H. W. Halleck (search for this): chapter 1.5
rnished by the Secretary of War. Very respectfully, Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy. Dear-Admiral S. F. Du Pont, commanding South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, Port Royal, S. C. It was impossible for an admiral to decline the responsibility which the Secretary offered to share, or to consider discretionary what the Secretary told him was imposed, or to abandon what the Secretary told him was imperative. On the 26th of March Assistant Secretary Fox wrote to Admiral Du Pont: General Halleck told the President that you had serious doubts as to the capture of Charleston. In our department, where we know best your character and the skill and judgment you bring to bear upon the great undertaking, there does not exist a doubt of your complete success. Fox had always favored a purely naval attack, with the army looking on, as at Port Royal. The attack was delivered as the Navy Department wished. That it was earnestly and loyally delivered, those accomplished and well-trie
Du Pont (search for this): chapter 1.5
Du Pont's attack at Charleston. by C. R. P. Rodgers, rear-Admiral, U. S. N.,--during the attack chief-of-staff. As Boston was regarded as the cradle of American liberty, where the infancy of the Union was nurtured, so Charleston, in later days,ineers had pushed their trenches up to its ditch. During all the operations against Wagner, Admiral Dahlgren [succeeded Du Pont, July 6th, 1863] gave the army his most vigorous support by the fire of his monitors and the Ironsides. On the 17th of possession, thus indorsed by the admiral, Withdrawn November 8th, 1865, the department objecting to the introduction of Du Pont and the opinion of the officers, and to those parts where it is assumed, or seems to be so, that the department did. not send vessels enough.--J. A. D. The department was too inimical and revengeful to Du Pont to be just or to be willing to have him relieved in any measure, through any act of theirs, of any possible effect of their continuous displeasure. The jo
John A. Dahlgren (search for this): chapter 1.5
d to know why the soldiers of the tenth legion were attached to Caesar. Arriving at Port Royal, Admiral Du Pont hurried forward the repairs of the monitors with the view of sending them to the Gulf, as directed by the Secretary of the Navy. On the 16th, however, came orders to renew the menace against Charleston, but his monitors were not repaired, nor could the Ironsides cross the bar until the next spring-tides. Meanwhile, the dispatches reciting the details of the battle Rear-Admiral J. A. Dahlgren. From a photograph. of the 7th of April had, on their way north, crossed the orders from the Government, and after they were received with their development of weakness in the attacking force, the obstructions in the channel, and the strength of the defenses to be overcome, the order for continuing to menace Charleston was not reiterated, nor was the proposal of the admiral to make the next demonstration from Edisto, instead of Morris Island, rejected, approved, or made the subj
William T. Sherman (search for this): chapter 1.5
is profession, a man of very pure and devout character. Cumming's Point and Battery Wagner having been occupied by General Gillmore, that skillful officer turned his increased fire upon Sumter; the fleet battered it with heavy guns, and the fort became in appearance a heap of ruins. Its artillery fire ceased, but its garrison held the ruins with tenacious grasp; the attempt to occupy it by our forces was repulsed with heavy loss, and it remained in the possession of the rebels until General Sherman's march to the sea and through the Carolinas in February, 1865, placed him in the rear of Charleston and compelled the evacuation of that city and its defenses. This was nearly two years after Admiral Du Pont had declared it could not be taken by a purely naval attack, and had declined General Hunter's proposal to make Morris Island his base of operations. Admiral Du Pont believed that the troops should attack from James Island with at least double the force General Hunter could put i
John L. Worden (search for this): chapter 1.5
who were available for the great work he had so much at heart. Percival Drayton, John Rodgers, Worden, Ammen, George Rodgers, Fairfax, Downes, and Rhind were chosen for the turret ships, and Commodothat the officers who came in contact with Admiral Du Pont felt for him. The Montauk, Captain John L. Worden, was the first monitor to arrive, and as months would pass before all the others could bruction, against our ships of commerce upon the high seas. On the 28th of February, 1863, Captain Worden was so fortunate as to find the Nashville, aground, near Fort McAllister, and to approach wi attention to the cruiser. The so-called Alabama claims were much diminished by this episode of Worden's, characterized by his usual skill and judgment. The Monttauk, in retiring from the fort, was the Weehawken, Captain John Rodgers; the Passaic, Captain Percival Drayton; the Montauk, Captain John L. Worden; Patapsco, Commander Daniel Ammen; New Ironsides, Commodore Thomas Turner; Catskill, Com
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