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Agawam (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 15
combined mortar fleets of Davis and Porter. July 4, 1862. Confed. gunboat Teaser captured on James River by U. S. steamer Maratanza. On the deck of the Agawam The easy attitudes of the acting ensign, to the left of the gun, and the volunteer acting-master with him, do not suggest the storm through which the ship on which they stand, the Federal gunboat Agawam, passed in the spring of 1864. Their vessel was called upon to cooperate in Grant's great military movement that was to bring the war to a close. In February, Acting Rear-Admiral S. P. Lee, commanding the North Atlantic squadron, was ready to assist General Butler with gunboats in the in the James to prevent the Confederate gunboats from coming down, the Virginia and her consorts came down to reconnoiter the character of the obstructions. The Agawam, under Commander A. C. Rhind, was lying below Battery Dantzler, with several monitors. They were engaged by the fortification and by the Confederate gunboats con
Richmond (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 15
Royal, attacked and silenced two Confed. batteries a short distance from the mouth of the James River, Va. May 9, 1862. Pensacola, Fla., evacuated by the Confederates after setting fire to fa and E. A. Stevens, attacked Fort Darling, on Drewry's Bluff, 6 miles below Richmond, on the James River. The Galena was badly damaged, and lost 17 men killed and about 20 wounded. The large rifledd mortar fleets of Davis and Porter. July 4, 1862. Confed. gunboat Teaser captured on James River by U. S. steamer Maratanza. On the deck of the Agawam The easy attitudes of the acting commanding the North Atlantic squadron, was ready to assist General Butler with gunboats in the James and York Rivers. The admiral himself remained with his main squadron at Fortress Monroe to convMay, 1864. May 6, 1864. U. S. gunboat Commodore Jones blown up by Confed. torpedo in James River. May 13, 1864. Adml. Porter's fleet above Alexandria Falls released by Col. Bailey's
Fort McAllister (Georgia, United States) (search for this): chapter 15
ombat. Lieut.-Comdr. Buchanan was killed. January 16, 1863. Confed. cruiser Florida escaped from Mobile. January 27, 1863. First attack on Fort McAllister, Ga. January 30, 1863. U. S. gunboat Isaac Smith captured in Stono River, S. C. Discussing the plans-porter and Meade On the left sits Rear-Admiraely, and capturing and paroling the crew of the Mercedita. 30 Federals killed and 50 wounded. February, 1863. February 1, 1863. Second attack on Fort McAllister, Ga. Confed. commander, Maj. Gallie, killed. Federal vessels retire without loss. February 2, 1863. Union ram Queen of the West ran by the Confed. baanola captured near Grand Gulf, Miss., by 4 Confed. steamers. February 28, 1863. Destruction of Confed. steamer Nashville in Ogeechee River, near Fort McAllister, Ga., by monitor Montauk, Commander Worden. March, 1863. March 14, 1863. Adml. Farragut, with 7 of his fleet, attacked the Confed. batteries at Port
Tybee Island (Georgia, United States) (search for this): chapter 15
. S. screw sloop San Jacinto, removed by force Confed. Commissioners Jas. M. Mason and John Slidell from British mail steamer Trent. November 18, 1861. U. S. gunboat Conestoga engaged Confed. batteries on the Tennessee River, and silenced them. November 19, 1861. The ship Harvey Birch was captured and burnt in the English Channel by the Confed. steamer Nashville. First flotilla of the tone Fleet sailed for the South, from Conn. and Mass. November 24, 1861. Tybee Island, in Savannah Harbor, was occupied by U. S. forces under Flag-Officer Du Pont. A sight for the old-time sailor — a gun-crew on the deck of the flagship Wabash Here is a sight that will please every old-time sailor — a gun-crew on the old Wabash under the eyes of Admiral Du Pont himself, who stands with his hand on the sail. No finer sweep of deck or better-lined broadside guns were ever seen than those of the U. S. S. Wabash, the finest type of any vessel of her class afloat at the
Iroquois, Wyoming (West Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 15
se fleet, which after a half-hour's contest, was forced to retire. The Federal gunboats Cincinnati and Mound City were badly injured, and the Confed. vessels also were considerably cut up. May 11, 1862. Confed. ironclad Merrimac was abandoned by her crew and blown up off Craney Island, Va. May 13, 1862. Confed. armed steamer Planter run out of Charleston, S. C., by a negro crew, and surrendered to Comdr. Parrott, of the U. S. S. Augusta. Natchez, Miss., surrendered to Iroquois, Comdr. J. S. Palmer. May 15, 1862. Federal ironclad Monitor, together with the Port Royal, Aroostook, and the mailed gunboats Galena and E. A. Stevens, attacked Fort Darling, on Drewry's Bluff, 6 miles below Richmond, on the James River. The Galena was badly damaged, and lost 17 men killed and about 20 wounded. The large rifled gun of the E. A. Stevens burst. June, 1862. June 6, 1862. Engagement between the Federal gunboats and rams and the Confed. rams in front of Mem
Tennessee (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 15
Winslow. 70 of the Confed. crew were taken on board the Kearsarge, and 115 reached England and France. 3 persons only were wounded on the Kearsarge. The Kickapoo A forerunner of the new navy the Kickapoo on the Mississippi: one of the five river monitors built on Admiral Porter's enthusiastic recommendation, after he had officially examined the original Ericsson Monitor in 1861. August, 1864. August 5, 1864. Great battle at the entrance of Mobile Bay. The Confed. ram Tennessee captured after one of the fiercest naval battles on record. In the night, the Confederates evacuated and blew up Fort Powell. The monitor Tecumseh was blown up by a Confed. torpedo. August 6, 1864. Adml. Farragut shelled Fort Gaines, Mobile Bay. August 8, 1864. Surrender of Fort Gaines, Mobile Bay, to Adml. Farragut and Gen. Granger. August 23, 1864. Fort Morgan, Mobile Bay, surrendered unconditionally. By its surrender, Federals captured 200 prisoners and 60 pi
Fort Pillow (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 15
News and Sewell's Point, on the Chesapeake, and captured 3 vessels. April 14, 1862. Potomac flotilla ascended the Rappahannock River, destroying several batteries. Three vessels were captured. Foote's mortar-boats opened fire on Fort Pillow, on the Mississippi. April 18-24, 1862. Bombardment of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, on the Mississippi. April 24, 1862. Federal fleet passed Forts Jackson and St. Philip, destroying 13 Confed. gunboats, the ram Manassas, and Pensacola, Fla., evacuated by the Confederates after setting fire to forts, navyyard, barracks, and marine hospital. May 10, 1862. Federal gunboats in the Mississippi, under the command of Acting Flag-Officer Davis, were attacked above Fort Pillow by the Confed. River Defense fleet, which after a half-hour's contest, was forced to retire. The Federal gunboats Cincinnati and Mound City were badly injured, and the Confed. vessels also were considerably cut up. May 11, 1862. Con
St. Marks (Florida, United States) (search for this): chapter 15
James River. The Galena was badly damaged, and lost 17 men killed and about 20 wounded. The large rifled gun of the E. A. Stevens burst. June, 1862. June 6, 1862. Engagement between the Federal gunboats and rams and the Confed. rams in front of Memphis, in which all of the latter but one were sunk or captured. 100 Confed. prisoners taken. Memphis occupied by Federals. June 15, 1862. U. S. gunboats Tahoma and Somerset, Lieuts. Howell and English, crossed the bar of St. Mark's River, Fla., and destroyed a Confed. Fort and barracks. June 17, 1862. Federal expedition up the White River, when near St. Charles, was fired into from masked batteries, and the gunboat Mound City received a shot in her boiler which occasioned the destruction of 82 of her crew by scalding, 25 only escaping uninjured. The Confed. works were captured by the land forces under Col. Fitch, who took 30 prisoners. June 26, 1862. Three Confed. gunboats burned on the Yazoo River b
Jackson, La. (Louisiana, United States) (search for this): chapter 15
ries. Three vessels were captured. Foote's mortar-boats opened fire on Fort Pillow, on the Mississippi. April 18-24, 1862. Bombardment of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, on the Mississippi. April 24, 1862. Federal fleet passed Forts Jackson and St. Philip, destroying 13 Confed. gunboats, the ram Manassas, and 3 transports. April 25, 1862. New Orleans captured. Confed. batteries on both sides of the river destroyed. April 28, 1862. Forts St. Philip and Jackson, La., surrendered; Forts Livingston and Pike abandoned, and the Confed. ironclad Louisiana blown up. May, 1862. May 2, 1862. U. S. S. Brooklyn and several gunboats left New Orleans, ascending the Mississippi, to open the river and connect with the Western Flotilla. May 8, 1862. Ironclad steamer Galena, assisted by the gunboats Aroostook and Port Royal, attacked and silenced two Confed. batteries a short distance from the mouth of the James River, Va. May 9, 1862. P
Bristol, Va. (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 15
the deck of the flagship Wabash Here is a sight that will please every old-time sailor — a gun-crew on the old Wabash under the eyes of Admiral Du Pont himself, who stands with his hand on the sail. No finer sweep of deck or better-lined broadside guns were ever seen than those of the U. S. S. Wabash, the finest type of any vessel of her class afloat at the outbreak of the Civil War. Everything about her marked the pride which her officers must take in having everything ship-shape and Bristol fashion. She was at all times fit for inspection by a visiting monarch. The Wabash threw the heaviest broadside of any vessel in the Federal fleet. Her crew were practically picked men, almost all old sailors who had been graduated from the navy of sailing days. The engines of this magnificent frigate were merely auxiliary; she yet depended upon her towering canvas when on a cruise. Her armament was almost identically that of the Minnesota, although her tonnage was some-what less. She
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