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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 31. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.36 (search)
r the crimson banner of the Confederacy. The dear ones left behind, while suffering anxiety worse than death and knowing all the privation and misery endured, were unable to minister to their comfort or relief, for even medicines, the anodynes which might ease the dying agony of our wounded, were declared contraband of war. Meanwhile, in the Confederate army and navy Maryland forged to the front. Who was the ranking admiral of the navy of the Confederacy? Who commanded the famous Merrimac and won the victory in Hampton Roads? Franklin Buchanan, a Maryland man. Who floated the starry cross from sea to sea and flung to the breeze the pure folds of our stainless flag, until the name and fame of the Alabama was wafted on every wind that blew, echoing along the shores of Spain and France and England, until the old Victory, Nelson's ship, lying in safe harbor this hundred years, could she have spoken, would have dipped her colors to the daring young Confederate cruiser! R
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 32. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.29 (search)
the instruction of midshipmen; and soon after, by regular congressional appointments, the various districts of the Confederacy were enlisted. The school was under the command of Captain William H. Parker, a lieutenant of the old service. Assistant instructors in the various departments were detailed, some of them ex-students of Annapolis, and others men of high scholarship selection from the army. The steamer Yorktown, which, a few months before had participated in the conflict of the Merrimac and the Monitor as a tender to the former ship, was fitted up, given the name of Patrick Henry, and anchored off the shore batteries at Drewry's Bluff, where the school was quartered in cottages built for the purpose. Here she remained for a short time, and was then towed up the river to within two miles of Richmond, where she lay for nearly a year, with the entire academy on board, and finally, about eight months previous to the surrender, was moved up to this city and lay at Rocketts, w
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 32. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The ironclad ram Virginia-Confederate States Navy, [from the Richmond, Va., News-leader, April 1, 1904.] (search)
e Confederate iron-clad ram Virginia and the Federal fleet then stationed in these waters. History, in all cases that I have heard of, refers to the ship as the Merrimac, but I want to say right here that there never was a vessel in the Confederate States navy called by that name. The Merrimac was a United States frigate, burnedMerrimac was a United States frigate, burned, scuttled and sunk at Gosport navyyard in 1861. The old hulk was raised, rebuilt and converted into an ironclad, and when she was launched there were only four marines and a corporal aboard. I was one of the five who did duty that day, and was stationed in the bow when the ship went down the ways into the water, she being thenr Montague at the banquet held at Hotel Chamberlain on April 18, 1903, in honor of the sponsor of the cruiser West Virginia, He referred to the fight between the Merrimac and the Monitor. Before I go into detail in regard to the two days engagement, I want to speak of a rousing speech made by our commander, Franklin Buchanan,
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 32. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.51 (search)
oon as I saw this I ordered Colonel Brown, of the 20th Indiana Regiment, to send two rifle companies to the beach, while two rifled guns and a Dahlgren howitzer went into action from a raking position on the beach. We here had them, at about 800 yards, to advantage, and immediately they let go their hold on the Congress and moved out of range with much loss. They then endeavored to approach her again with a steamer and rowboat, but were beaten off with severe punishment, until finally the Merrimac, finding her prize retaken, fired three shots into her and set her on fire. This is conclusive, and needs no comment. The Congress may now be disposed of in a few words. Far into the night the heavens were illuminated by the reflection from the blazing timbers, while from time to time, as the heat penetrated to her hold, her shotted guns were discharged. Her career closed towards the morning of the 9th, when, with a deafening report, her magazine exploded. It was now past 4 o'clock
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 33. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.1 (search)
fresh impulse to the study of the short but brilliant career of the Confederate armored ram, Arkansas. The scene of her engagements was on the Yazoo and Mississippi rivers, near and at Vicksburg, and in the vicinity of Baton Rouge. The heroic fighting of four distinct actions within a week, viz: from the 15th to the 22nd of July, 1862, inclusive, by this single vessel, against the heaviest odds recorded in naval history, places her name in the same class as that occupied by the Virginia (Merrimac) in Hampton Roads, March, 1862, and by the Tennessee in Mobile Bay, August, 1864. But it is no disparagement of the gallant fighting on board of those last boats to say that the record of the Arkansas is sufficient to put her first of all, among the three armored rams. It is not too much to say that the Arkansas was the dread of the Union fleet on the Mississippi River; and that it was feared she might clear the river between Vicksburg and New Orleans, recapturing the latter city for the
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 34. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.35 (search)
prepared and published by Mr. Joseph G. Fiveash, of Norfolk, Va., of the career of the Confederate gunboat Virginia, or Merrimac, the first iron-clad warship the world has ever known. The operations of General Burnside in North Carolina, in the rer date of March 17th, page 27, says: We fired nothing but solid cast-iron shot, and when we were directly abeam of her (Merrimac) and hit her our shot went right through her. Assistant Secretary of the Navy, G. V. Fox, in a telegram to Major-Generahis extract: As soon as she got off she stood down the bay, the little battery chasing her with all speed, when suddenly Merrimac turned around and ran full speed into her antagonist. For a moment I was anxious, but instantly I saw a shot plungs intay a fishing schooner was the innocent cause of the discovery of the lost anchor and chain of the Confederate armor clad Merrimac, or Virginia . The stock in the anchor is black walnut. Live Oak was generally used, but this material ran out duri
Historic leaves, volume 1, April, 1902 - January, 1903, Index (search)
ion of, II.—10. Medford Turnpike, cost of, II.—12. Medford Turnpike, a highway, II.—14, 15. Medford Turnpike, incorporators of, II.—10. Medford Turnpike, last toll-collector of, II.—14. Medford Turnpike, opening of, IV.—13. Medford Turnpike, rates of tolls, II.—11, 12. Medford Turnpike, stockholders, II.—13. Medford Turnpike, toll-house, II. Medford Turnpike, value of shares in, II.—13. Medford Turnpike Association, The, II.—10. Menotamies River, III.—12. Merrimac, The, IV.—31. Messer, Captain, I.—33; III.—23. Messinger & Cahill, IV.—16. Methodist Church, Webster Avenue, III.—17. Middleboro, II.—29. Middle Department, I.—34. Middlesex Canal, II.—7, 10, 11, 19. Middlesex Canal, opening of, IV.—13. Middlesex Canal, people connected with, II.—10. Middlesex County, IV.—24. Middlesex County Census, 1850, I.—26. Middlesex House, II.—10. Mike Martin, IV.—12. Miles, Colonel Dix
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Index (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), H (search)
, III., 282; X., 296. Hartshorn, W. H., I., 248. Hartsuff, G. I., II., 324; X., 193, 232. Hartsville, Mo., II., 330. Hartsville, Tenn., II., 168, 326. Hartsville Road, Tenn., I., 368. Hartwood Church, Va, II., 326. Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. : IX., 33; Commemoration ode, J. R. Lowell, IX., 23, 26: commemoration services held at, IX., 256. Harrey Birch,, U. S. S., VI., 310. Haseall, M. S., X., 93. Hasker, boatswain of the Merrimac, VI., 182. Haslett, W. B., VIII., 33. Hatch, E., III., 338; X., 205. Hatch, J. P., V., 34; X., 221. Hatcher's Run, Va.; III., 278, 287, 293, 338, 340, 342; V., 264. Hatchie River, Miss. and Tenn., II., 160. Hats: various styles of, worn by soldiers, VIII., 95. Hatteras, N. C., VI., 103, 104, 163, 283. Hatteras,, U. S. S., VI., 294, 316. Hatteras Fort, N. C. (see also Fort Hatteras, N. C.), VI., 269. Hatteras Inlet, N. C., VI., 100
The writings of John Greenleaf Whittier, Volume 1. (ed. John Greenleaf Whittier), Narrative and legendary poems (search)
to look upon, But the heart of the skipper clave to one; Though less by his eye than heart He knew the twain apart. Despite of alien race and creed, Well did his wooing of Marguerite speed; And the mother's wrath was vain As the sister's jealous pain. The shrill-tongued mistress her house forbade, And solemn warning was sternly said By the black-robed priest, whose word As law the hamlet heard. But half by voice and half by signs The skipper said, “A warm sun shines On the green-banked Merrimac; Wait, watch, till I come back. And when you see, from my mast head, The signal fly of a kerchief red, My boat on the shore shall wait; Come, when the night is late. “ Ah! weighed with childhood's haunts and friends, And all that the home sky overbends, Did ever young love fail To turn the trembling scale? Under the night, on the wet sea sands, Slowly unclasped their plighted hands: One to the cottage hearth, And one to his sailor's berth. What was it the parting lovers heard? Nor leaf
The writings of John Greenleaf Whittier, Volume 2. (ed. John Greenleaf Whittier), Poems of Nature (search)
gather closer the circle round, when that fire— light dances high, And laugh at the shriek of the baffled Fiend as his sounding wing goes by! 1830. The Merrimac. The Indians speak of a beautiful river, far to the south, which they call Merrimac.—--Sieur de Monts, 1604. stream of my fathers! sweetly still The sunset rays thy valley fill; Poured slantwise down the long defile, Wave, wood, and spire beneath them smile. I see the winding Powow fold The green hill in its belt of gold, Aballad Of Odenwald live bird and tree, Together live in bloom and music, I blend in song thy flowers and thee. Earth's rocky tablets bear forever The dint of rain and small bird's track: Who knows but that my idle verses May leave some trace by Merrimac! The bird that trod the mellow layers Of the young earth is sought in vain; The cloud is gone that wove the sandstone, From God's design, with threads of rain! So, when this fluid age we live in Shall stiffen round my careless rhyme, Who made
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