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Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3., Chapter 16: career of the Anglo-Confederate pirates.--closing of the Port of Mobile — political affairs. (search)
it, on Mobile Point, was the still stronger work, Fort Morgan, formerly Fort Bowyer, with a heavy light-house nFort Bowyer, with a heavy light-house near it. The ship channel passed close under the guns of Fort Morgan, and in it the Confederates had driven pileFort Morgan, and in it the Confederates had driven piles to obstruct it, and sown torpedoes in profusion. These forts were well armed and manned, and within the Bay,r above-named, Farragut's fleet steamed up toward Fort Morgan. The four armored vessels passed the bar in advaon the Oneida that was penetrated by a shell from Fort Morgan. The greatest coolness was exhibited on that veseeted by cheers from the fleet. light-house at Fort Morgan. Stronger Fort Morgan, on Mobile Point, stillFort Morgan, on Mobile Point, still held out. It was in charge of General Richard L. Page, a Virginian. Being on the main land, he had hopes of rugust 9, 1864. from Dauphin Island to the rear of Fort Morgan, and there lines of investment were constructed at the manliness to use against their enemies; for Fort Morgan never fired a gun after the commencement of the b
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3., Chapter 19: the repossession of Alabama by the Government. (search)
included two other works, known, respectively, as Red Fort and Fort Alexis, or Dermett. These works were calculated for 36 guns, and a garrison of 2,500 men. That movement was begun on the 17th, March. when the Thirteenth Corps marched from Fort Morgan, on Mobile Point, and made its way slowly over a swampy region in heavy rains, consuming five or six days in the tedious and perilous journey. The Sixteenth Corps was already at the appointed rendezvous; having crossed the bay in transports fw Choctaw Point, and between it and Battery Gladden, See page 513. lay a half-sunken iron-clad floating battery, with a cannon on its top. The voyage down the bay was very delightful. We saw the Floating Battery. battered light-house at Fort Morgan, See page 443. in the far distance, to the left, as we turned into Grant's Pass, See page 440. and took the inner passage. The waters of the Gulf were smooth; and at dawn the next morning, we were moored at the railway wharf on the west
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3., Index. (search)
, 3.443. Fort Hatteras, capture of, 2.108. Fort Henry, operations of Grant and Foote against, 2.200-2.202; battle of, 2.203; capture of, 2.205. Fort Hindman, capture of, 2.581. Fort Jackson, surrender of to Captain Porter, 2.339. Fort Jefferson, re-enforcements thrown into, 1.363. Fort McAllister, bombardment of by Dupont, 3.190; capture of by Gen. Hazen, 3.412. Fort Macon, capture of, 2.312; visit of the author to in 1864, 2.313. Fort Marion, capture of, 2.322. Fort Morgan, seizure of by State troops, 1.174; sur; render of to Farragut, 2.443. Fort Moultrie, description of, 1.117; garrisons of transferred to Fort Sumter by Major Anderson, 1.129; seizure of by South Carolina troops, 1.137. Fort Norfolk, seizure of by insurgents, 1.398. Fort Pemberton, Ross's expedition against, 2.587. Fort Pickens, attempt to seize frustrated by Lieut. Slemmer, 1.167; surrender of demanded by insurgents, 1.173; siege of, 1.363-1.371; Pensacola navy-yard and Confed
Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War., Chapter 44: battle of Mobile Bay. (search)
and of the wooden vessels, between them and Fort Morgan, for the double purpose of keeping down thehe obstructions and were beyond the fire of Fort Morgan, but the rain Tennessee was steaming about sealed the fate of Mobile; the surrender of Fort Morgan was but the matter of a few days; Fort Gainion during the engagement of yesterday with Fort Morgan, the rebel gun-boats and the ram: When t action this forenoon with the batteries at Fort Morgan and the rebel rain Tennessee, this ship hastry and good conduct during the action with Fort Morgan and the rebel rain and gun-boats. Feeling f the part this ship took in the passage of Fort Morgan yesterday, I neglected to allude to the efferal order and plan of battle for attacking Fort Morgan and the rebel fleet, Lieutenant-Commander Ben in the water, under as heavy a fire from Fort Morgan as any officer ever went through, found hist Gulf Blockading Squadron, Mobile Bay. Fort Morgan remained yet to be captured, and all the ne[57 more...]
Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War., chapter 48 (search)
Havana he found himself so tied up with restrictions imposed by the Spanish authorities, that he determined to go to Mobile and fit his ship out there. He therefore got underway for that port on the 1st of September, and arrived in sight of Fort Morgan on the 4th, having started on his perilous adventure with his crew just convalescing, and he himself scarcely able to stand from the prostrating effects of the fever. It may appear to the reader that we have exhibited more sympathy for Commully. What we are going to state of him shows that he was capable of the greatest heroism, and that, though he was on the side of the enemy, his courage and skill were worthy of praise. On the 4th of September, at 2 P. M., the Florida made Fort Morgan, and at the same time it was discovered that three of the enemy's cruisers lay between her and the bar. Maffitt was assisted on deck, being too sick to move without help. He determined to run the risk of passing the blockaders; and, if he fai
Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War., Chapter 49: first attack on Fort Fisher.--destruction of the confederate ram Albemarle, etc. (search)
above to give you my ideas of the effect of our fire on the enemy's works, which was to almost silence them. In regard to the damage done, it is, under the circumstances, impossible for any one to tell without a closer inspection, for, as you remember at Forts Jackson and St. Philip, everything from the outside seemed in status quo, hardly any trace of injury was apparent; but on entering and looking around, the terrible effect of the bombardment was manifest at every turn. So, too, at Fort Morgan, little or no injury could be discovered from without, but upon close examination it was found that almost every gun on its carriage was seriously damaged, if not entirely destroyed. Now, as to the defensibility of the fort. The rebels, I am satisfied, considered, from the moment that our troops obtained a footing on the shore, the work (battered as it was) was untenable, and were merely waiting for some one to come and take it. The General commanding furnishes us with proof of tha
Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War., Chapter 59: (search)
rk July 28, 1864 Quaker City. Schooner Lily 9,019 94 1,074 50 7,945 44 New Orleans July 28, 1864 Owasco. Schooner Laura 6,843 01 871 94 5,971 07 do July 28, 1864 Owasco. Steamer Little Ada 44,489 95 1,580 69 42,909 26 Boston Feb. 16, 1865 Gettysburg. Steamer Lady Sterling 509,354 64 9,463 35 494,891 29 New York Feb. 7, 1865 Calypso, Eolus. Schooner Louisa 5,491 49 1,227 36 4,264 13 New Orleans Feb. 14, 1865 Chocura. Schooner Lone 2,631 60 723 59 1,908 01 do Feb. 14, 1865 Fort Morgan. Steamer Lucy 268,948 20 6,534 72 262,413 48 Boston Mar. 9, 1865 Santiago de Cuba. Schooner Leartad 43,261 72 4,380 79 38,880 93 Key West Mar. 22, 1865 San Jacinto. Schooner Linda 1,237 65 171 50 1,066 15 do Mar. 22, 1865 Beauregard, Norfolk Packet. Schooner Lowood 34,555 03 5,948 70 28,606 33 New Orleans April 22, 1865 Chocura. Steamer Laura 36,052 92 1,589 90 34,463 02 Key West April 22, 1865 Stars and Stripes, Hendrick Hudson. Sloop Lydia 1,302 17 224 76 1,077 41 do A
Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Chapter XXII: Operations in Kentucky, Tennessee, North Mississippi, North Alabama, and Southwest Virginia. March 4-June 10, 1862., Part II: Correspondence, Orders, and Returns. (ed. Lieut. Col. Robert N. Scott), Confederate correspondence, Etc. (search)
J. Benjamin, Company F; Capt. Fenelon Cannon, Company G; Capt. John Campbell, Company H; Capt. A. Lejeune, Company I; Capt. Wm. L. Ditto, Company K. These officers, without authority, having abandoned their commands in the face of the enemy, and presented themselves in person at these headquarters in order to lodge complaints against their commanding officer, have been promptly ordered under arrest and sent under guard to Brigadier-General Forney, commanding at Mobile, to be confined at Fort Morgan. The general commanding regrets to notice conduct strangely in contrast with the many recent instances of heroic behavior of the regiment to which they belong, but deems it proper to publish to the army, not only his disapproval of such acts of insubordination, but his stern determination to visit them with the penalty due to their commission. By command of General Beauregard: Geo. Wm. Brent, Acting Chief of Staff. Corinth, May 25, 1862. General S. Cooper, Adjutant and Inspector
Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume I., chapter 26 (search)
ote to the War Department that he had taken the step to preserve the forts from seizure by mobs! In Alabama, the Federal arsenal at Mobile was seized on the 4th, by order of Gov. Moore. It contained large quantities of arms and munitions. Fort Morgan, commanding the approaches to Mobile, was likewise seized, and garrisoned by State troops. The steamer Star of the West left New York unannounced, during the night of January 5th, laden with reenforcements and supplies for Fort Sumter. A dort Moultrie and Castle Pinckney had been captured by the South Carolina troops; Fort Pulaski, the defense of the Savannah, had been taken; the Arsenal at Mount Vernon, Alabama, with 20,000 stand of arms, had been seized by the Alabama troops; Fort Morgan, in Mobile Bay, had been taken; Forts Jackson, St. Philip, and Pike, near New Orleans, had been captured by the Louisiana troops; the New Orleans Mint and Custom-House had been taken; the Little Rock Arsenal had been seized by the Arkansas tro
Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume I., Analytical Index. (search)
ounded at Dranesville, 626. Forney, John W., chosen Clerk of the House, 806; chosen Clerk of the Senate, 555. Forsyth, John C., to envoy from Texas, 151, Fort Beauregard, besieged and taken, 604-5. Fort Clark, bombarded, 599; captured, 600. Ft. Hatteras, bombarded, 599; captured, 600. Fort Jackson, Ga., seized by Georgia, 411. Fort Jackson, La., seized by the State, 412. Fort Macon, seized by North Carolina, 411. Fort McRae, seized by the Florida troops, 412. Fort Morgan, seized by Alabama, 412. Fort Moultrie, evacuated by Major Anderson, 407; what the Charleston papers said, 407-8; occupied by S. C., 409; fires on Star of the West, 412. Fort Pickens, Fla., occupied by Lieut. Slemmer, 412; order of Bragg, 436; President's Message, 556; Rebel attack on Santa Rosa Island, etc., 601-602. Fort Pike, seized by Louisiana troops, 412. Fort Pulaski, seized by Georgia troops, 411. Fort Scott, Kansas, captured by Montgomery, 285; occupied by Gen. Pri
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