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William Gwin (search for this): chapter 16
rvice were busy assisting the Army to move where it desired, and patroling the river and clearing the flying artillery from the banks. On the 1st of March Lieut.-Com. Gwin learned that the enemy were fortifying Pittsburg Landing, and proceeded up the river in the Taylor, followed by the Lexington, Lieut.-Com. James W. Shirk. Wtteries had been placed. This little affair was well conducted, and much information was gathered in regard to fortifications being erected by the enemy. Lieut.-Com. Gwin, the leader of the expedition, was one of the most gallant officers in the Western Flotilla, and delighted in such service, where the usefulness of the gun-b equally contributed to the victory — a bloodless victory — more creditable to humanity than if thousands had been slain. I also enclose reports from Lieutenants-Commanding Gwin and Shirk, of the gun-boats Taylor and Lexington, on the Tennessee, giving a graphic account of that great battle, and the assistance rendered by these
Ezra Leonard (search for this): chapter 16
gagement with the Federal gun-boats at Plum Point Bend, four miles above this place. Having previously arranged with my officers the order of attack, our boats left their moorings at 6 A. M., and proceeding up the river passed around a sharp point, which soon brought us in full view of the enemy's fleet, numbering eight gun-boats and twelve mortars. The Federal gun-boat Carondelet [Cincinnati] was lying nearest us, guarding a mortar-boat that was shelling the fort. The General Bragg, Captain Leonard, dashed at her, she firing her heavy guns and retreating towards a bar where the depth of water would not be sufficient for our boats to follow. The Bragg continued boldly on under fire of nearly their whole fleet, and struck her a blow that stopped her further flight. The Bragg rounded to down the river under a broadside fire, and drifted until her tiller rope, that had got out of order, could be re-adjusted. A few moments after the Bragg struck her blow, the General Sterling Pric
Charles H. Davis (search for this): chapter 16
active service, never again to resume it, and the command of the squadron devolved upon Capt. Charles H. Davis, a gallant officer, well qualified for this important duty. The sudden withdrawal of . H. Foote, Flag-officer. Hon. Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy, Washington, D. C. Flag-officer Davis assumed command of the squadron on the 9th of May, 1862, and had little time for reflectioon, where she also sunk. The incidents of this engagement are so lightly passed over by Flag-officer Davis, that it is difficult to get much information from the official reports. The enemy's sidew enough to be satisfied that victory remained with the Federal squadron. The report of Flag-officer Davis was of course intended to represent the true position of the vessels, but he was new to thless and enterprising enemy, who had a flotilla well equipped for the purpose intended. Flag-officer Davis had the satisfaction of winning the first naval squadron fight, and certainly deserved the
J. E. Harthorne (search for this): chapter 16
er, she firing her heavy guns and retreating towards a bar where the depth of water would not be sufficient for our boats to follow. The Bragg continued boldly on under fire of nearly their whole fleet, and struck her a blow that stopped her further flight. The Bragg rounded to down the river under a broadside fire, and drifted until her tiller rope, that had got out of order, could be re-adjusted. A few moments after the Bragg struck her blow, the General Sterling Price, First-officer J. E. Harthorne, ran into the same boat aft, a little starboard of her amidships, carrying away her rudder, sternpost and a large piece of her stern. This threw the Cincinnatis' stern towards the Sumter, Captain M. W. Lamb, which struck her running at the utmost speed of his boat. The General Earl Van Dorn, Capt. Folkerson, running according to orders in the rear of the Price and Sumter, directed his attention to the Mound City, at the time throwing broadsides into the Price and Sumter; and, as
Egbert Thompson (search for this): chapter 16
that the risk of running the batteries was less than he had supposed, and urged by General Pope to send him another iron-clad, dispatched the Pittsburg, Lieut.-Com. Egbert Thompson, which vessel ran the batteries on a stormy night under pretty much the same circumstances as the Carondelet, and like her received no injury. As sooeries on the Tennessee shore. The credit, however, fell where it was due, to Pope and Foote, for their harmonious co-operation, and to Commander Walke and Lieut.-Com. Thompson, who so gallantly passed the enemy's batteries. The victory at Island No.10, although a bloodless one, was as important as the battle of Shiloh. It opeSir:--I have the honor to enclose a report from Commander Walke, of the gun-boat Carondelet, detailing the services rendered by him, and the Pittsburg, Lieutenant-Commander Thompson, in the vicinity of New Madrid; from which it will be seen that the boats opened upon, and effectually silenced and captured several heavy batteries on
R. N. Stembel (search for this): chapter 16
ides the flag-ship Benton, there were the Mound City, Commander A. H. Kilty; Louisville, Commander B. M. Dove; Carondelet, Commander H. Walke; Cincinnati, Commander R. N. Stembel; St. Louis, Lieut.-Commanding L. Paulding; Pittsburgh, Lieut.-Commanding E. Thompson; Lexington, Lieut.-Commanding J. W. Shirk, with four transports, eachy. The morning being hazy signals could not be distinctly made out, nor could the enemy's vessels approaching be seen as well as was desired. The Cincinnati, Com. Stembel, the leading vessel in the line of iron-clads, hastened to the support of the mortar-boat, followed immediately by the Mound City, Com. Kilty; and both were rekilled and one wounded. [Signed.] J. E. Montgomery, Senior Captain Commanding, River Defence Fleet. On the Federal side there were only four wounded. Commander Stembel seriously, Fourth-Master Reynolds and two seamen slightly. This was a small list of casualties for such a desperate brush. and would seem to indicate rathe
Leonard Paulding (search for this): chapter 16
ree hundred thousand men at once into Tennessee and crushed the rebellion there, instead of losing a greater number in the end and prolonging the war for four years. On the 4th of March Flag-officer Foote got under way from Cairo, and proceeded down the river towards Columbus. Besides the flag-ship Benton, there were the Mound City, Commander A. H. Kilty; Louisville, Commander B. M. Dove; Carondelet, Commander H. Walke; Cincinnati, Commander R. N. Stembel; St. Louis, Lieut.-Commanding L. Paulding; Pittsburgh, Lieut.-Commanding E. Thompson; Lexington, Lieut.-Commanding J. W. Shirk, with four transports, each having five mortar-boats in tow; also a magazine boat and a provision boat. The squadron was accompanied by troops under General Buford, in four steamers, half a dozen tugs, and a large number of barges and lighters in tow. As this expedition approached Columbus the Union flag was seen floating from the ramparts. It had been taken possession of two days before by a company
John E. Hart (search for this): chapter 16
32-pounder silenced a mortar-boat that was filling the air with its terrible missiles; the Van Dorn still holding on to the Mound City. In the act of striking, the Mound City sheered and the Van Dorn struck her a glancing blow, making a hole four feet deep in her starboard forward quarter, evidenced by the splinters left on the iron bow of the Van Dorn. At this juncture, the Van Dorn was above four of the Federal boats, as the remaining boats, General Jeff Thompson and Colonel Lovell, Capt. Hart, were entering boldly into the contest in the prescribed order. I perceived from the flagboat that the Federal vessels were taking positions where the water was too shallow for our boats to get at them, and as our cannon were far inferior both in number and size, I signalled our boats to fall back, which was accomplished with a coolness which deserves the highest commendation. I am happy to inform you that while exposed at close quarters to a most terrible fire for thirty minutes, our
Donelson (search for this): chapter 16
rs. This was certainly not the way to conquer such an indomitable enemy as that with which the national government had to contend; but the gun-boats did finally move up to Nashville, with an army force in company, and took peaceful possession of the capital of Tennessee. Foote finding there was nothing further to be done on the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers, turned his attention to Fort Columbus, which still held out, though by all the rules of Jomini it ought to have surrendered when Donelson fell, the great strategic line of the enemy having been broken and most of Tennessee lying at the mercy of the Federal Army. As Columbus still declined to yield, Flag-officer Foote, in company with General Cullom of Halleck's staff, started with four iron-clads, ten mortar-boats and three transports, containing a thousand soldiers, to make a reconnoissance in force. As the expedition neared Fort Columbus it was met by a flag of truce, with a message from General Polk to the effect that he
Alfred Phelps (search for this): chapter 16
, as the fort properly fell to the Army. As soon as Flag-officer Foote was able he proceeded with the Conestoga, Lieut.-Com. Phelps, and the Cairo, Lieut.-Com. Bryant, on an armed reconnoissance up the river, taking with him Colonel Webster, Chief of General Grant's staff, who, with Lieut.-Com. Phelps, took possession of the principal works and hoisted the Union flag. Foote had applied to General Halleck for permission to advance up the Cumberland on Nashville, and just as he was about moved and upwards of one hundred wounded. On the same day that the above affair took place, Flag-officer Foote sent Lieut.-Com. Phelps to Columbus with a flag of truce. As he drew near the fort he saw that the Confederates were burning their winter e boiler or steam-pipe of one of the leading vessels of the enemy was exploded by a shot from the flag-ship Benton, Lieut.-Com. Phelps, and three of the enemy's vessels, including the one encountered by the Cincinnati, were disabled and drifted down
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