Appendix.
I.—names of vessels, character of armament, and officers commanding them in the attack on Port Royal, November 7, 1861. flag-officer Francis S. Dupont and Captain Charles H. Davis, Chief of staff, with flag on board of the Wabash.
Name of vessel.Name of officer commanding.Battery.
WabashCommander C. R. P. Rogers.28 IX-in., 14 Viii-in., 2 X-in.
pivots.
SusquehannaCaptain J. L. Lardner15 Viii-inch guns.
MohicanCommander S. W. Godon2 XI-in.
pivots, 4 32-pounders.
SeminoleCommander John P. Gillis1 XI-in.
pivot, 4 32-pounders.
PocahontasCommander Percival Drayton1 XI-in.
pivot, 4 32-pounders.
PawneeLieut.--Com'g R. H. Wyman8 IX.-in.
pivot, 2 12-pounder rifles.
UnadillaLt.-Com'g Napoleon Collins1 XI in. pivot, 1 20-pdr.
rifle, 2 24-pdr.
howitzers.
OttawaLt-Com'g T. H. Stevens1 XI-in.
pivot, 1 20-pounder rifle, 2 24-pounder howitzers.
PembinaLt.-Com'g J. P. Bankhead1 XI-in.
pivot, 1 20-pounder rifle, 2 24-pounder howitzers.
SenecaLt.-Com'g Daniel Amm
2,100 yards: fuses for shells cut for flights of from 8% to 15 seconds; charges: XV-inch, 35 pounds; Xi-inch, 15 to 20 pounds; rifles, 46 pounds. Moultrie received 12 shots, Wagner 2, Sumter the remainder, which was struck 55 times.
note.—Colonel Rhett. commanding Fort Sumter, reports that no monitor approached nearer than 1,000 yards; the Keokuk to within 900 yards; Ironsides, 1,700 yards. Beauregard reports that the fleet did not come nearer than 1,100 yards to outer batteries, save the Kshots fired by fleet151
Number of shots struck vessels520
Of shots fired by fleet, all but 24 were directed at Sumter.
note.—This information is compiled from reports of General Beauregard, May 24, 1863; General Ripley, April 13. 1863; Colonel Rhett, April 13, 1863; Major Harris, Chief Engineer, dated April 28, 1883 ; Major Echols, Engineer, dated April 9, 1863; General Trapier, dated April 13, 1863; and from tabulated statements accompanying the reports of General Ripley and Major Echol
186212,78613,451Brigadier-General A. E. Burnside, from January 13. 1862, to July 6, 1862.
February, 180212,70014,143
March, 186211,32213,468
April, 186214,05416,528
May, 186214,50816,794
June, 186214,37116,718
July, 18626,4037,947Major-General John G. Foster, from July 6, 1862, to July, 1863.
August, 18621,2261,555
September, 18626,6428,647
October, 18628,96711,415
November, 186212,87215,569
December, 186218,46321,917
January, 186323,02328,194
February, 186315,80618,548
March 1863147
January 31, 186426,14331,3352,19533,530
February 29, 186422,35015,09212,55328,645
March 31, 186423,24126,1904,01730,207
April 30, 186415,86114,2344,95919,193
May 31, 186416,52915,1104,95920,069
June 30, 186416,13816,2443,36619,610Maj.-Gen. J. G. Foster.
from May 26, 1864, to Feb. 9, 1865.
July 31, 186415,33615,5783,94819,526
August 31, 186110,3129,9322,91912,851
September 30, 186410,96410,5192,99613,505
October 31, 186411,50111,1012,97014071
November 30, 186411,32210,6138,28513,89
