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General James Longstreet, From Manassas to Appomattox, Chapter 2 : from New Mexico to Manassas . (search)
Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir by his Wife, Volume 2, Chapter 30 : foreign Relations.—Unjust discrimination against us.—Diplomatic correspondence. (search)
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 4. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Editorial Paragraphs. (search)
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 5. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The First Maryland cavalry , C. S. A. (search)
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: Volume 2., Early operations on the Potomac River . (search)
Early operations on the Potomac River. Professor J. Russell Soley, U. S. N.
The first active naval operations of the war were those on the Potomac River, in May and June, 1861.
At this time the larger vessels of the navy were engaged in setting on foot the blockade of the coast, in pursuance of the President's proclamations of April 19th and 27th.
The Niagara, Minnesota, Roanoke, and Susquehanna on the Atlantic coast, under Flag-Officer Silas H. Stringham, and the Colorado, Mississippi, organization was closely connected with the service of the Washington Navy Yard, and other vessels attached to the yard occasionally cooperated with it. Its movements were under the direct supervision of the department.
In the early part of May, 1861, the Navy of the State of Virginia began the erection of batteries on the Potomac, in order to close the navigation of the river to Federal vessels proceeding to and from Washington.
Works were thrown up under the direction of Captain William
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: Volume 2., Manassas to Seven Pines . (search)
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., The Confederate cruisers. (search)
The Confederate cruisers. by Professor James Russell Soley, U. S. N.
The first of the ocean cruisers of the Confederate navy, as distinguished from the privateers, was the Sumter.
This steamer, formerly the Habana, of the New Orleans and Havana line, was altered into a ship-of-war in April and May, 1861, and, under the command of Captain Raphael Semmes, escaped from the Mississippi early in July, after an unsuccessful chase by the Brooklyn, which was at the time blockading the mouth of the river.
Her cruise lasted six months, during which she made fifteen prizes.
Of these seven were destroyed, one was ransomed, one recaptured, and the remaining six were sent into Cienfuegos, where they were released by the Cuban authorities.
In January the Sumter arrived at Gibraltar, where she was laid up and finally sold.
The Confederate Government early recognized that in order to attack the commerce of the United States with any hope of success it must procure cruisers abroad.
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Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 1., Chapter 3 : assembling of Congress.--the President 's Message. (search)
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 1., Chapter 7 : Secession Conventions in six States. (search)