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Ceres (search for this): chapter 3.57
Of course, in this hand-to-hand fight between the Sassacus and Albemarle, little aid could be rendered, at close quarters, by the former's consorts, as such aid would have merely endangered her safety. Yet, the Wyalusing, the Mattabesett and the Miami did effective service, as opportunity offered, and the little Whitehead, during the fiercest of the fight, steamed alongside of the iron monster, and delivered shot after shot from her one hundred pounder Parrott gun. The Commodore hull and Ceres were also gallantly handled, and rendered all the assistance in their power. But the main brunt of this novel and unequal engagement fell upon the Sassacus, an inland light draught river steamer. The result, so contrary to all preconceived ideas of iron-clad invincibility, was eminently gratifying. The rebel gunboat Bombshell, with four rifled guns and a large supply of ammunition, was captured, with all her officers and crew, and the Albemarle, which was on her way to Newbern to form a
Palmer (search for this): chapter 3.57
ich was on her way to Newbern to form a junction with the rebel force then moving upon that place, was beaten with her own weapons, in a fair stand up fight, and driven back with her guns disabled, her hull terribly shaken, and leaking so badly that she was with difficulty kept afloat. Twice, also, had her flag been cut down and trailed in the water which swept over her deck. Her discomfiture proved to be the saving of Newbern, which had already been summoned to surrender by the rebel General Palmer, and undoubtedly it prevented the whole Department of North Carolina from being lost to our Government. The Sassacus, although disabled in guns, machinery, and hull, and suffering severely in killed, wounded, and scalded, was ready, with two months repair, to return again to active duty, staunch and strong as ever. Her exploit, on the 5th of May, 1864, justly ranks as one of the most remarkable on record, while the skill and coolness of her officers, and the indomitable bravery of her
Brooke (search for this): chapter 3.57
of steam on, and throttle wide open, the Sassacus dashed upon her adversary, under a headway of nine or ten knots, striking her a fair, square, right-angled blow, without glance or slide! The iron-clad reeled under the blow, and her black hull was forced under water by the bow of the Sassacus, till the water flowed over it from side to side, and it seemed as if the monster was sinking. As we struck her, says one of the participants in the fight, the ram drove a one hundred pounder Brooke's shot through and through us, from starboard bow to port side. Our stem was forced into her side, and keeping up our headway we careened her down beneath our weight, and pushed her like an inert mass beneath our weight, while, in profound silence, our gunners were training their heavy ordnance to bear upon our astonished enemy. Now a black muzzle protrudes from the ram's open port, and the loaders of our Parrott rifle, standing on the slide, served the gun within fifteen feet of that yaw
Voorhies (search for this): chapter 3.57
ness of her officers, and the indomitable bravery of her crew rivals the heroic traditions of the days of Decatur and Commodore John Paul Jones. The brave Wisconsin boy. An example of almost superhuman endurance and spirit, as related by Dr. Voorhies, of Mississippi, a gentleman far too intelligent and skilful to be engaged in such a cause otherwise than in alleviating its miseries, is as follows: When, at the bombardment of Fort Henry, a young Wisconsin boy, who had by some means been made a prisoner, had his arm shattered by a ball from our gunboats, he was taken to one of the huts, where Mr. Voorhies attended to him. He had just bared the bone, when an enormous shell came crashing through the hut. The little fellow, without moving a muscle, talked with firmness during the operation of sawing the bone, when another went plunging close by them. The doctor remarked that it was getting to hot for him, and picked the boy up in his arms, and carried him into one of the bomb-
Albemarle (search for this): chapter 3.57
in the sound, awaiting the appearance of the Albemarle, a most formidable rebel iron-clad ram, whos ruse succeeded, and falling back before the Albemarle, as she left her moorings to pursue them, thgly reflected from the inclined sides of the Albemarle, till she seemed like a mass of silver, whillls. Then, sweeping around the stern of the Albemarle, the Sassacus paid her attentions to the Bomgood faith, the Sassacus turned again to the Albemarle, whom she found hotly engaged by the Mattabeus roar. At the same moment a shot from the Albemarle pieced the boiler of the Sassacus, and then rved and fired, the powder from those of the Albemarle blackening the bows and side of the Sassacusfrom the latter's hundred pounder struck the Albemarle's port sill, and crumbled into fragments, ony but steadily, she again passed down by the Albemarle. The divisions stood at their guns, the cap hand-to-hand fight between the Sassacus and Albemarle, little aid could be rendered, at close quar[5 more...]
Massasoit (search for this): chapter 3.57
into the open waters of the sound. The ruse succeeded, and falling back before the Albemarle, as she left her moorings to pursue them, they quickly drew her into a favorable position for attack. Shortly after three P. M., in obedience to signals from the Mattabesett, the three vessels got under way, and forming in line ahead, in the order in which their names are above written, proceeded at ordinary speed up the sound. At four P. M. the Mattabesett communicated with the army transport Massasoit, coming down, and immediately signalled to her consorts the ram is out. Almost at the same instant they discovered the picket boats falling back slowly before the advancing foe; and beyond them a glistening speck upon the waters, with two other dark objects hovering near, which they knew to be the ram,--accompanied by her consorts. The Union vessels were now cleared for action, and every preparation was made for a determined struggle with their formidable antagonist, toward whom they wer
John Paul Jones (search for this): chapter 3.57
na from being lost to our Government. The Sassacus, although disabled in guns, machinery, and hull, and suffering severely in killed, wounded, and scalded, was ready, with two months repair, to return again to active duty, staunch and strong as ever. Her exploit, on the 5th of May, 1864, justly ranks as one of the most remarkable on record, while the skill and coolness of her officers, and the indomitable bravery of her crew rivals the heroic traditions of the days of Decatur and Commodore John Paul Jones. The brave Wisconsin boy. An example of almost superhuman endurance and spirit, as related by Dr. Voorhies, of Mississippi, a gentleman far too intelligent and skilful to be engaged in such a cause otherwise than in alleviating its miseries, is as follows: When, at the bombardment of Fort Henry, a young Wisconsin boy, who had by some means been made a prisoner, had his arm shattered by a ball from our gunboats, he was taken to one of the huts, where Mr. Voorhies attende
Whitehead (search for this): chapter 3.57
at work, so long as they could be brought to bear upon the retiring foe, till the Sassacus was carried, by her disabled engine, slowly, gracefully, and defiantly out of range. Of course, in this hand-to-hand fight between the Sassacus and Albemarle, little aid could be rendered, at close quarters, by the former's consorts, as such aid would have merely endangered her safety. Yet, the Wyalusing, the Mattabesett and the Miami did effective service, as opportunity offered, and the little Whitehead, during the fiercest of the fight, steamed alongside of the iron monster, and delivered shot after shot from her one hundred pounder Parrott gun. The Commodore hull and Ceres were also gallantly handled, and rendered all the assistance in their power. But the main brunt of this novel and unequal engagement fell upon the Sassacus, an inland light draught river steamer. The result, so contrary to all preconceived ideas of iron-clad invincibility, was eminently gratifying. The rebel gunb
Sassacus (search for this): chapter 3.57
eeping around the stern of the Albemarle, the Sassacus paid her attentions to the Bombshell, by whosrder was promptly executed in good faith, the Sassacus turned again to the Albemarle, whom she foundwas just then most opportunely exposed to the Sassacus, now only some eight hundred yards distant. unds of steam on, and throttle wide open, the Sassacus dashed upon her adversary, under a headway ofhull was forced under water by the bow of the Sassacus, till the water flowed over it from side to sAlbemarle blackening the bows and side of the Sassacus, as they passed within ten feet. A solid shotnd. Then, as the ram passed the wheel of the Sassacus, the crew of the latter drove solid shot intothis thick white cloud of stifling vapor, the Sassacus moved on, working slowly ahead on a vacuum alad vanquished her. The gallant captain of the Sassacus could not refrain from giving her another turolina from being lost to our Government. The Sassacus, although disabled in guns, machinery, and hu[12 more...]
May 5th, 1864 AD (search for this): chapter 3.57
The fight with the Albemarle. One of the most remarkable naval conflicts of this or any other war — a single-handed encounter between a delicate river steamer and a most formidable iron-clad --occurred on the 5th of May, 1864, in Albemarle sound, about twenty miles below the mouth of the Roanoke river. On the afternoon of that day, three side-wheel gunboats, the Mattabesett, Sassacus, and Wyalusing, were lying at anchor in the sound, awaiting the appearance of the Albemarle, a most formidment. The Sassacus, although disabled in guns, machinery, and hull, and suffering severely in killed, wounded, and scalded, was ready, with two months repair, to return again to active duty, staunch and strong as ever. Her exploit, on the 5th of May, 1864, justly ranks as one of the most remarkable on record, while the skill and coolness of her officers, and the indomitable bravery of her crew rivals the heroic traditions of the days of Decatur and Commodore John Paul Jones. The brave Wisc
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