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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. |
Wabash | Commander C. R. P. Rogers. | 28 IX-in., 14 Viii-in., 2 X-in.
pivots. |
Susquehanna | Captain J. L. Lardner | 15 Viii-inch guns. |
Mohican | Commander S. W. Godon | 2 XI-in.
pivots, 4 32-pounders. |
Seminole | Commander John P. Gillis | 1 XI-in.
pivot, 4 32-pounders. |
Pocahontas | Commander Percival Drayton | 1 XI-in.
pivot, 4 32-pounders. |
Pawnee | Lieut.--Com'g R. H. Wyman | 8 IX.-in.
pivot, 2 12-pounder rifles. |
Unadilla | Lt.-Com'g Napoleon Collins | 1 XI in. pivot, 1 20-pdr.
rifle, 2 24-pdr.
howitzers. |
Ottawa | Lt-Com'g T. H. Stevens | 1 XI-in.
pivot, 1 20-pounder rifle, 2 24-pounder howitzers. |
Pembina | Lt.-Com'g J. P. Bankhead | 1 XI-in.
pivot, 1 20-pounder rifle, 2 24-pounder howitzers. |
Seneca | Lt.-Com'g Daniel Ammen | 1 XI-in.
pivot, 1 20-pounder rifle, 2 24-pounder howitzers. |
Vandalia (sailing sloop) | Commander F. L. Haggerty | 4 Viii-in., 16 32-pounders. |
1 |
Isaac Smith | Lt.-Com'g J. W. A. Nicholson | 1 30-pdr.
rifle, afterward 8 Xiii-in. |
Bienville | Commander Chas. Steedman | 8 32-pounders. |
Augusta | Commander B. G. Parrott | 8 32-pounders. |
Penguin | Lieut.-Com'g T. A. Budd | 4 32-pounders. |
Curlew | Lt.-Com'g P. G. Watmough | 6 32-pounders, 1 30-pounder rifle. |
R. B. Forbes | Lt.-Com'g H. S. Newcomb | 2 32-pounders. |
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II.—ironclad attack on Fortifications of Charleston Harbor, April 7, 1863.2
Name of vessel. | Kind and calibre of armament. | Projectiles fired. | Nearest approach to Sumter or Moultrie. | Times hit. | Remarks. |
| | Shot. | Shell. |
New Ironsides | 2 150-pdr.
rifles | 1 | | 1,000 yards. | Not stated. | Confederates say the New Ironsides was hit 65 times. |
14 Xi-inch | 7 |
Montauk | 1 XV-inch | 10 | | 700 yards. | 14 |
1 Xi-inch | 16 | 1 |
Passaic | 1 XV-inch | | 9 | 880 yards, or less. | 35 | One gun temporarily disabled. |
1 Xi-inch | 2 | 2 | |
Weehawken | 1 XV-inch | | 11 | Not given. | 53 | One gun temporarily disabled. |
1 Xi-inch | | 15 |
Patapsco | 1 XV-inch | | 5 | 600 yards. | 47 | Rifle temporarily disabled. |
1 150-pdr.
rifle | | 5 |
Catskill | 1 XV-inch | | 10 | 600 yards. | 20 |
1 Xi-inch | | 12 |
Nantucket | 1 XV-inch | | 3 | 750 yards. | 51 | One gun temporarily disabled. |
1 Xi-inch | | 12 |
Nahant | 1 XV inch | 3 | 4 | 500 yards. | 36 | Turret disabled for one day; not in good order for one month. |
1 Xi-inch | 4 | 4 | |
Keokuk | 2 Xi-inch | | 3 | 550 yards. | 90 | Totally disabled; sunk next day off Morris Island. |
Vessels, 9; guns in action, 23; fires, 139; range, from 500 to 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
Keokuk, which drifted to within 900 yards of
Sumter.
Engineer Echols reports nearest approach of monitors, 900 yards ; of Ironsides to
Moultrie, 1,700 yards, and to
Sumter, 2,000 yards.
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Iii—return of guns and mortars at forts and batteries in Charleston Harbor engaged with the ironclads, April 1, 1863, together with return of ammunition expended, and statement of casualties.
Fort or Battery. | X-in.
Columbiad. | Ix-in.
Dahlgren. | Vii-in.
Brooke rifle. | Viii-in.
Columbiad. | 42-pounder, rifled. | 32-pounder, rifled. | 32-pdr., smooth. | X-in.
mortars. | Grand total. |
Fort Johnson | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 |
Fort Sumter | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 44 |
Fort Moultrie | | | | 9 | | 5 | 5 | 2 | 21 |
Battery Bee | 5 | | | 1 | | | | | 6 |
Battery Beauregard | | | | 1 | | 1 | | | 2 |
Battery Cumming's Point | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | 2 |
Battery Wagner | | | | | | 1 | | | 1 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Total | 10 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 10 | 77 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Ammunition—Shot | 385 | 80 | 86 | 731 | 140 | 321 | 343 |
Shell | | | | 5 | | 45 | | 93 |
Total shot and shell | 2,229 |
Total pounds of powder | 21,093 |
Casualties in action | 3 killed, 11 wounded. |
Number of shots fired by fleet | 151 |
Number of shots struck vessels | 520 |
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 Echols.
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IV.—extract from ‘Table of effect of projectiles on the walls of Fort Sunder,’ report of Major William H. Echols, Confederate States Engineer, transmitted to Major D. B. Harris, Chief Engineer of the Department, with his report, dated April 9, 1863.
No. | Projectile. | Penetration. | Remarks. |
| Inches. | Ft. | In. |
3 | | 2 | 3 | Embrasure ‘A.’
Exterior concrete keystone and interior embrasure arch knocked out ; masonry cracked. |
4 | 15 | 0 | 9 | Assisted No. 3 : spent. |
5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | Penetrated concrete and new masonry facing. |
9 | 3 shots. | 2 | 6 | One 15-inch, two others not known; parapet wall cracked 25 feet in length ; serious damage, perhaps by exploding shell. |
10 | 15 | 2 | 3 | Interior arch of embrasure ‘B’ dislocated; masonry between piers and embrasure badly shaken and projecting. |
12 | 15 | 1 | 6 | Shook masonry. |
15 | | 1 | 6 | Interior embrasure ‘C’ arch broken ; masonry cracked. |
18 | | 1 | 6 | Masonry shaken. |
19 | | 3 | 0 | Exploding shell on pier ; not much internal injury. |
21 | | 1 | 6 | Masonry around embrasure ‘D’ badly cracked and projecting inside. |
22 | 15 | 5 | 0 | Penetrated, striking head of arch and thrown upward, tearing away a quantity of masonry, not seriously damaging body of masonry ; exploded in casemate. |
23 | 11 | 5 | 0 | Same effect as No. 22 : destroyed embrasure ‘E.’ |
24 | | 2 | 6 | Not seriously damaging body of masonry. |
25 | 15 | 5 | 0 | Same effect as No. 22 ; destroyed embrasure ‘F;’ exploded in parade. |
27 | | 1 | 4 | No serious damage. |
29 | | 2 | 4 | Serious damage : wall not much cracked. |
31 | 15 | 1 | 0 | Knocked off one foot of angle. |
35 | | 1 | 6 | Shook masonry. |
36 | 15 | 1 | 3 | Broke and projected in sole of embrasure ‘G.’ |
41 | | 2 | 1 | Exploding shell. |
48 | | 2 | 4 | Exploding shell cracked parapet wall. |
49 | | | | Knocked out iron embrasure slab 1 foot wide, 6 inches thick, 3 feet long ; indented it 1 1/2 inches, and broke it in three pieces ; shook masonry. |
52 | | | | Entered western quarters and exploded, damaging walls. |
54 | | | | Demolished 10-inch columbiad carriage and chassis in southwest angle. |
note.—Three shots in all struck or entered quarters.
A sketch by
Major Echols, showing the effect of these shots, will be found in Volume XIV.
of
Official Records of War of the
Rebellion.
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V.—Abstract from return of the United States military forces serving in the State of North Carolina, from January, 1862, to February, 1865. compiled from original returns.
Command. | Present for duty. | Aggregate present. | Commanding general. |
January, 1862 | 12,786 | 13,451 | Brigadier-General A. E. Burnside, from January 13. 1862, to July 6, 1862. |
February, 1802 | 12,700 | 14,143 |
March, 1862 | 11,322 | 13,468 |
April, 1862 | 14,054 | 16,528 |
May, 1862 | 14,508 | 16,794 |
June, 1862 | 14,371 | 16,718 |
July, 1862 | 6,403 | 7,947 | Major-General John G. Foster, from July 6, 1862, to July, 1863. |
August, 1862 | 1,226 | 1,555 |
September, 1862 | 6,642 | 8,647 |
October, 1862 | 8,967 | 11,415 |
November, 1862 | 12,872 | 15,569 |
December, 1862 | 18,463 | 21,917 |
January, 1863 | 23,023 | 28,194 |
February, 1863 | 15,806 | 18,548 |
March 1863 | 14,672 | 17,105 |
April, 1863 | 13,962 | 15,920 |
May, 1863 | 16,643 | 19,715 |
August, 1863 | 7,699 | 10,402 | Major-General I. N. Palmer, from July, 1863, to August 14, 1863. |
September, 1863 | 7,794 | 10,923 | Major-General John J. Peck, from August 14, 1863, to April 19, 1864. |
October, 1863 | 6,276 | 8,343 |
November, 1863 | 9,411 | 12,245 |
December, 1863 | 7,239 | 9,038 |
January, 1864 | 9,095 | 11,111 |
February 29, 1864 | 11,213 | 13,606 |
March, 1864 | 11,772 | 14,208 |
April 30, 1864 | 6,335 | 7,669 |
May, 1864 | 6,041 | 7,623 | Major-General I. N. Palmer, from April 19, 1864, to February 9, 1865 |
June, 1864 | 6,350 | 7,846 |
July 31, 1864 | 5,788 | 7,436 |
August.
1864 | 5,556 | 7,505 |
September, 1864 | 5,794 | 7,946 |
October, 1864 | 6,093 | 8,920 |
November, 1864 | 6837 | 8,891 |
December, 1864 | 6,282 | 8,117 |
February, 1865 | 6,726 | 8,4393 |
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VI.—Abstract from returns of the Confederate military forces serving in the State of North Carolina, front the close of the year 1861, to February, 1865. compiled from original returns now in the war Department, Washington, D. C.
Date. | Present for duty. | Aggregate present. | Commanding general. |
September, 1861, Dirt, of Pamlico | 9,016 | 10,743 | Brigadier-General R. C. Gatlin, to March 19, 1862, |
October 31, 1861, Newbern | | 8,239 |
January 31, 1862, in North Carolina | 6,290 | 12,0954 |
March 31, 1862, in North Carolina | 10,372 | 24,300 |
April 19, 1862, in North Carolina | 17,9475 | 22,068 | Brig.-Gen. Joseph B. Anderson, from Mch. 19. 1862, to May 25, 1862. |
April 30, 1862, in North Carolina | 16,255 | 19,822 |
July 15, 1862, in North Carolina and Southeast Virginia | 17,505 | 21,196 | Major-General T. H. Holmes, from May 25, 1862, to July 17, 1862. |
December 20, 1862,in North Carolina | 11,074 | 12,207 | Major-Gen. D. H. Hill, from July 17, 1862, to July 1, 1863. |
January, 1863, in North Carolina | 26,958 | 31,273 |
February 20, 1863, in North Carolina | 15,904 | 19,894 |
March l, 1863, in North Carolina | | 20,733 |
April 10, 1863, in North Carolina | 7,501 | 8,385 |
May 10, 1863, in North Carolina | 4,851 | 6,590 |
May 31, 1863, in North Carolina | 22,149 | 26,838 |
June 30, 1863, in North Carolina | 18,601 | 22,822 |
July 30, 1863, in North Carolina | 8,556 | 9,900 | Major-Gen. W. H. C. Whiting, from July 14, 1863, to October 16, 1863. |
August 31, 1863, in North Carolina | 7,391 | 8,867 |
September 30, 1863, Defences of Wilmington | 3,866 | 4,618 |
October 31, 1863, Defences of Wilmington | 5,271 | 6,251 |
November 30, 1863, Defences of Wilmington | 5,830 | 6,669 | Major-Gen. George T. Pickett, from October 16, 1863, to April 21, 1864. |
December 31, 1863, Defences of Wilmington | 6,485 | 7,299 |
January 31, 1864, Defences of Wilmington | 5,430 | 6,181 |
February 29, 1864, in North Carolina | 12,703 | 15,252 |
March 30, 1864, District of Cape Fear | 6,921 | 7,866 |
April 30, 1864, District of Cape Fear | 4,987 | 5,593 | Gen. G. T. Beauregard, from April 21, 1864, to November, 1865. |
June 10, 1864, in North Carolina | 12,592 | 17,130 |
September 1, 1864, Dept.
of South-east Virginia and North Carolina. | 22,005 | 26, 078 |
January 31, 1865, Dept.
of Southeast Virginia and North Carolina. | 11,548 | 13,164 | Gen. Braxton Bragg, from November, 1865, to end of the war. |
February 10, 1865, Dept.
of South-east Virginia and North Carolina. | 11,200 | 12,769 |
note.—The returns of Confederate troops are very incomplete, and it is impossible in many cases to distinguish those serving in
Southeastern Virginia and
Petersburg from those in
North Carolina.
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Vii—Abstract from returns of the United States military forces serving in the Department of the South, from January, 1862, to January, 1805. compiled from original returns.
Date. | Present for duty in department. | Aggregate in South Carolina and Georgia. | Aggregate present in Florida. | Aggregate present in department. | Commanding general. |
January 31, 1862 | 14,197 | 16,284 | | 16,284 | Gen. T. W. Sherman, of the Expeditionary Corps, to March 31, 1862. |
February 28, 1862 | 16,495 | 17,875 | | 17,875 |
March 31, 1862 | 16,495 | 15,257 | 2721 | 17,978 |
April 30, 1862 | 15,000 | 15,795 | 1,194 | 16,989 | Major-Gen. D. Hunter, from March 31 to Sept. 5, 1862. |
May 20, 1863 | 19,219 | 15,878 | 7,412 | 23,290 |
June 30, 1862 | 18,745 | 16,531 | 5,099 | 21,630 |
July 31, 1862 | 13,249 | 11,170 | 5,029 | 16,199 |
August 31, 1862 | 10,487 | 10,424 | 2,317 | 12,741 |
September 30, 1862 | 9,925 | 9,093 | 3,478 | 12,571 | Bg.-Gen. J. M. Brannan, from Sept. 5 to Sept. 15, 1862. |
October 31, 1862 | 10,190 | 10,530 | 2,307 | 12,837 | Bg.-Gen. O. M. Mitchell, from Sept. 15 to Oct. 27, 1862. |
November 30, 1862 | 10,811 | 11,056 | 2,390 | 13,446 | Bg.-Gen. J. M. Brannan, from Oct. 27, 1862 to Jan. 20, 1868. |
December 31, 1862 | 10,875 | 11,056 | 2,726 | 13,370 |
January 31, 1863 | 22,567 | 23,089 | 2,697 | 25,786 |
February 28, 1863 | 21,612 | 21,763 | 3,308 | 25,071 | Major-Gen. D. Hunter, from Jan. 20, 1863, to June 12, 1863. |
March 31, 1863 | 20,117 | 22,171 | 1,214 | 23,385 |
April 30, 1863 | 17,680 | 19,223 | 1,396 | 20,619 |
May 31, 1863 | 15,745 | 17,687 | 1,320 | 18,997 |
June 30 1863 | 16,761 | 20,410 | 923 | 21,333 | Brig.-Gen. Q. A. Gillmore, from June 12, 1863, to May 26, 1864. |
July 31, 1863 | 12,922 | 17,632 | 905 | 18,537 |
August 31, 1863 | 21,193 | 28,462 | 943 | 29,405 |
September 30, 1863 | 19,750 | 27,996 | 965 | 28,961 |
October 31, 1863 | 21,562 | 28,513 | 1,468 | 29,981 |
November 30, 1863 | 24,427 | 20,281 | 2,301 | 32,582 |
December 31, 1863 | 26,123 | 29,779 | 2,268 | 32,047 |
January 31, 1864 | 26,143 | 31,335 | 2,195 | 33,530 |
February 29, 1864 | 22,350 | 15,092 | 12,553 | 28,645 |
March 31, 1864 | 23,241 | 26,190 | 4,017 | 30,207 |
April 30, 1864 | 15,861 | 14,234 | 4,959 | 19,193 |
May 31, 1864 | 16,529 | 15,110 | 4,959 | 20,069 |
June 30, 1864 | 16,138 | 16,244 | 3,366 | 19,610 | Maj.-Gen. J. G. Foster.
from May 26, 1864, to Feb. 9, 1865. |
July 31, 1864 | 15,336 | 15,578 | 3,948 | 19,526 |
August 31, 1861 | 10,312 | 9,932 | 2,919 | 12,851 |
September 30, 1864 | 10,964 | 10,519 | 2,996 | 13,505 |
October 31, 1864 | 11,501 | 11,101 | 2,970 | 14071 |
November 30, 1864 | 11,322 | 10,613 | 8,285 | 13,898 |
December 31, 1864 | 7,518 | 7,773 | 1,766 | 9,539 |
December 31, 1864 | 4,8186 | 5,603 | | 5,603 |
January 31, 1865 | 11,657 | 12,781 | 1,780 | 14,561 |
January 31, 1806 | 4,0617 | 4,737 | | 4,737 |
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VIII.—Abstract from returns of the Confederate military forces serving in the Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, from close of year, 1861, to January, 1865. compiled from original returns now in the war Department, Washington, D. C.
Date. | Present for duty. | Aggregate present in S. Carolina and Georgia. | Aggregate present in Florida. | Aggregate present in whole Department. | Commanding general. |
Dec., 1861, in Florida . | 3,518 | | 3,972 | | Brig.-Gen. J. H. Trapier. |
Oct., 1861, in Georgia. | 4,805 | 18,597 | | 5,497 | Brig.-Gen. A. R. Lawton. |
Nov. 19, 1861, in South Carolina | | | 13,100 | Brig.-Gen. G. T. Beauregard. |
March 31, 1862 | 29,029 | 34,426 | | 34,4268 | Major-Gen. J. C. Pemberton, from March 4, 1862, to Sept. 24, 1862. |
April 30, 1862 | 26,471 | 32,783 | | 32,7839 |
May 31, 1862, in South Carolina | 18,135 | 30,490 | | 22,325 |
May 31, 1862,in Georgia | | 8,165 |
June 30. 1862 | 23,433 | 29,841 | | 29,84110 |
July 31, 1862 | 18,932 | 24,549 | | 24,54911 |
August 31, 1862 | 16,281 | 21,616 | | 21,61612 |
September 30, 1862 | 15,485 | 20,964 | | 20,96413 |
December 31, 1862 | 20,553 | 23,267 | 1,892 | 25,159 | Gen. G. T. Beauregard, from Sept. 24, 1862, to April 20, 1864. |
January 31, 1863 | 18,139 | 19,858 | 1,797 | 21,655 |
February 17, 1863 | 20,997 | 18,945 | 1,579 | 20,524 |
March 14, 1863 | | 31,640 | 1,721 | 33,361 |
April 7, 1863 | | 34,342 | 2,471 | 36,813 |
May 15, 1863 | | 23,957 | 2,617 | 26,574 |
June 3, 1863 | | 19,423 | 2,617 | 22,040 |
June 23, 1863 | | 19,389 | 2,617 | 22,006 |
July 22, 1863 | | 21,735 | 3,061 | 24,796 |
August 1, 1863 | 20,772 | 21,120 | 4,095 | 25,215 |
September 1, 1863 | 26,088 | 26,411 | 3,587 | 29,998 |
October 1, 1863 | 28,151 | 31,488 | 3,587 | 35,073 |
November 1 1863 | | | | 29, 53514 |
December 1, 1863 | 27,336 | 29,778 | 3,600 | 33,378 |
December 31, 1863 | 28,347 | 30,347 | 3,709 | 34,056 |
January 31, 1864 | 32,068 | 34,850 | 3,377 | 38,227 |
February 10, 1864 | 28,792 | 31,006 | 3,547 | 84,553 |
Feb. 19, 1864, at Augusta, Ga. | | | | 1,427 |
April 10, 1864 | 27,463 | 21,722 | 10,900 | 32,622 |
April 30, 1864 | 24,210 | 17,394 | 11,418 | 28,812 | Major-Gen. Samuel Jones, from April 20, 1864, to Oct. 5, 1864. |
June 1, 1864 | 11,284 | 11,647 | 1,634 | 13,281 |
June 30, 1864 | 11,818 | 12,016 | 2,262 | 14,278 |
July 30, 1864 | 11,221 | 11,822 | 2,157 | 13,979 |
August 31, 1864 | 11,124 | 12,222 | 1,660 | 13,882 |
September 30, 1864 | 10,993 | 11,921 | 1,940 | 13,861 |
October 1, 1864, at Augusta, Ga. | | | | 1,695 |
October 31, 1864 | 11,988 | 13,422 | 1,613 | 15,035 | Lieut.-Gen. W. J. Hardee, from Oct. 5, 1864, to Feb. 16, 1865. |
November 20 1864 | 12,055 | 13,839 | | 13,839 |
January 20, 1865 | 25,290 | 29,863 | | 29,863 |
January 31, 1865 | 24,956 | 30,062 | | 30,062 |
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IX.—names of vessels, officers commanding them, and armaments in the attack of the Defences on Roanoke Island, February 7 and 8, 1860, and operations following at Elizabeth City and Newbern in which many of these vessels were engaged.
Name of vessel. | Commanders of vessels. | Armament. |
Stars and Stripes | Lieut.-Commanding Reed Werden | 4 Viii-in., 1 30-pdr.
rifle. |
Louisiana | Lieut.-Commanding Alex. Murray | 1 Viii-in., 3 32-pdrs., 1 12-pdr., rifled. |
Hetzel | Lieut.-Commanding H. K. Davenport | 1 IX-in., 1 80-pdr., rifled. |
Delaware | Lieut.-Commanding L. P. Quackenbush | 1 IX-in., 1 32.pdr., 1 12-pdr., rifled. |
Commodore Perry | Lieut.-Commanding C. W. Flusser | 1 100-pdr., 4 IX-in., 1 12-pdr., rifled. |
Valley City | Lieut.-Commanding A. O. Chaplin | 4 32-pdn., 1 12-pdr., rifled. |
Underwriter | Lieut.-Commanding W. N. Jeffers | 1 Viii-in., 1 80-pdr., rifled; 1 12-pdr., rifled. |
Commodore Barney. | Lieut.-Commanding K. T. Benshaw. | 4 IX-in., 1 32-pdr., 1 12-pdr., rifled. |
Hunchback | Lieut.-Commanding B. R. Colhoun | 3 IX-in., 1 100-pdr., rifled. |
Southfield | Lieut.-Commanding C. F. W. Behm. | 3 IX-in., 1 100-pdr., rifled. |
Morse | Acting-Master Peter Hayes | 2 IX-in. |
Brincker | Acting-Master J. E. Giddings | 1 30-pdr., rifled. |
Lockwood | Acting-Master G. W. Graves | 1 80-pdr., rifled, 1 12-pdr rifled. |
Whitehead | Acting-Master French | 1 IX-in. |
Seymour | Acting-Master Wells | 1 30-pdr., 1 12-pdr., rifled. |
Ceres | Acting-Master McDiarmid | 1 30-pdr., rifled ; 1 32-pdr. |
Putnam | Acting-Master Hotchkiss | 1 20-pdr., rifled. |
Shawshen | Acting-Master Woodward | 2 20-pdrs, rifled. |
Granite | Master's Mate Boomer | 1 32-pdr. |
X.—Names of commanding officers and the batteries of vessels that engaged the ram Albemarle, May 5, 1864.
Mattabesett, flag-ship of
Captain Melancton Smith, commanded by
Commander John C. Febiger.
Battery: 2 100-pounder Parrott rifles, expended 27 solid shot; 4 Ix-inch Dahlgrens, expended 23 solid shot; 4 24-pounder howitzers, expended 1 shrapnel; 2 12-pounder howitzers, expended 1 shell.
Casualties, 3 killed, 5 wounded.
Sassacus,
Commander F. A. Roe.
Battery : 2 100-pounder Parrott rifles; 4 Ix-inch Dahlgrens; 2 24-pounder howitzers; 2 20-pounder howitzers; 2 12-pounder howitzers; expenditure not given.
Casualties, 1 killed, 19 wounded.
Wyalusing,
Commander W. W. Queen.
Battery : 2 100-pounder Parrott rifles, expended 47 solid shot, 28 shell; 4 Ix-inch Dahlgrens, expended 37 solid shot, 33 shell; 2 24-ponnder howitzers, expended 27 shrapnel, 18 shell; 2 12-pounder howitzers (one rifled). Casualties, 1 killed.
Miami, Acting Volunteer
Lieutenant Charles A. French.
Battery: 1100-pounder Parrott rifle, expended 41 solid shot; 6 Ix-inch Dahlgrens, expended 76 solid shot; 1 24-ponnder howitzer.
Whitehead,
Acting Ensign G. W. Barrett.
Battery: 1100-pounder Parrott rifle, expended 17 solid shot; 8 24-pounder howitzers.
Commodore Hull,
Acting Master Francis Josselyn. Battery: 230-pounder Parott rifles, expended 60 shell; 4 24-pounder howitzers, expended 24 shell.
Ceres,
Acting Master H. H. Foster.
Battery: 2 20 pounder Parrott rifles (pivot).
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XI.—List of Ordnance left on Morris Island on the night of its evacuation, September 6, 1863.
Battery Wagner.
Two X-inch Columbiads (1 dismounted and broken, 1 serviceable); 1 X-inch mortar, serviceable; 2 Viii-inch shell guns (1 serviceable, 1 injured by shell and carriage disabled); 2 Viii-inch siege howitzers fl dismounted and broken to pieces) ; 1 Viii-inch S. C. howitzer, serviceable ; 2 32-pounder smooth-bores, serviceable ; 1 42-pounder carronade, serviceable; 1 Viii-inch siege mortar, brass, spiked with friction tube two days before evacuation; 3 32-pounder carronades, serviceable; 2 12-pounder howitzers, serviceable.
Total, 17.
Battery Gregg.
Two X-inch Columbiads (1 carriage injured and the other serviceable) ; 1 Ix-inch
Dahlgren, serviceable; 1 X-inch S. C. mortar, serviceable; 2 12-pounder howitzers, serviceable.
Total, 6.
Xii.—vessels engaged in the second bombardment of Fort fisher ; their armament, ammunition expended, and casualties in action, January 14 and 15, 1865, Rear-Admiral D. D. Porter, U. S. Navy, commanding fleet.
Line no. 1.
Names of vessels. | Commanders. | Batteries. | Shell exploded. | Killed. | Wounded. | Missing. |
Brooklyn | Alden | 2 100-pdrs., rifled | Not given. | 2 | 12 | 0 |
2 60-pdrs., rifled |
20 Ix-in.
shell guns. |
Mohican | Ammen | 1 100-pdr, rifled | | 12 | 0 | 0 |
2 30-pdrs, rifled | 17 |
6 Ix-in.
shell guns | 419 |
Tacony | Truxtnn | 2 Xii-in | 309 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
4 Ix-in | 361 |
Kansas | Watmough | 1 100-pdr., rifled | | 0 | 1 | 0 |
1 30-pdr., rifled | 91 |
2 Ix-in.
shell guns | 394 |
Yantic | Karris | 1 100-pdr., rifled | | 2 | 2 | 0 |
1 30-pdr., rifled | 23 |
2 Ix-in.
shell guns | 202 |
Unadilla | Ramsay | 1 Xi-inch shell gun. | 358 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1 20-pdr., rifled | 45 |
Huron | Self ridge | l Xi-inch shell gun | 300 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
1 30-pdr., rifled |
Maumee | Chandler | 1 100-pdr , rifled | 117 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1 30-pdr , rifled | 14 |
2 32-pdrs. | 206 |
Pequot | Braine | 1 150-pdr., rifled | 146 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
1 30-pdr., rifled | 33 |
6 32-pdrs. | 319 |
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Pawtuxet | Spotts | 1 100-pdr | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1 Xl-inch | 116 |
4 Ix-inch shell guns. | 305 |
Seneca | Sicard | 1 Xi-inch shell gun. | 222 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1 20-pdrs., rifled | 30 |
Pontoosuc | Temple | 2 100-pdrs., rifled | | 0 | 7 | 0 |
4 Ix-inch shell guns. | 313 |
2 20-pdrs. | 5 |
Nereus | Howell | 1 60-pdr., rifled | 94 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
2 30-pdrs., rifled | 122 |
6 32-pdrs | 324 |
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Minnesota | Lanman | 1 150-pdr., rifled | 89 | 13 | 23 | 0 |
4 100-pdrs., rifled |
1 Xi-inch shell gun. | 70 |
42 Ix-inch shell guns. | 1,495 |
Colorado | Thatcher | 1 150-pdr., rifled | | 3 | 14 | 0 |
1 Xi-inch shell gun | 30 |
46 Ix-inch shell guns | 756 |
Wabash | Smith | 1 150-pdr., rifled | 154 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
42 Ix-inch shell guns | 1,781 |
Susquehanna | Grodon | 2 150-pdrs.
rifled | 215 | 3 | 15 | 8 |
12 Ix-inch shell guns | 643 |
Powhatan | Schenck | 3 100.
pdr., rifled | Not given. | 3 | 19 | 7 |
1 Xl-inch shell gun |
14 Ix-inch shell guns |
Juniata | Phelps | 1 100.
pdr., rifled | | 5 | 10 | 0 |
2 30-pdrs.. rifled | 238 |
6 Viii-inch shell guns. | 765 |
Shenandoah | Ridgley | 1 150-pdr., rifled | | 6 | 0 | 5 |
1 30-pdr., rifled | 30 |
2 Xi-inch, rifled | 287 |
Ticonderoga | Steedman | 1 30-pdr., rifled | 29 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
12 Ix-inch shell guns. | 523 |
Vanderbilt | Pickering | 2 100-pdrs.
rifled | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 30-pdrs., rifled | 65 |
12 Ix-inch shell, guns. | 87 |
Mackinaw | Beaumont | 1 Xi-inch shell gun | 190 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
6 Ix-inch shell guns | 749 |
Tuscarora | Prailey | 1 100-pdr., rifled | 53 | 3 | 12 | 0 |
2 30-pdrs., rifled | 47 |
6 Viii-inch shell guns. | 114 |
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Santiago de Cuba. | Glisson | 1 30-pdr., rifled | 68 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
2 30-pdrs., rifled | 25 |
5 32-pdr.
shell guns | 106 |
Fort Jackson | Sands | 1 100-pdr., rifled | Not given. | 1 | 10 | 0 |
2 30-pdrs., rifled |
8 Ix-inch shell guns. |
Osceola | Clitz | 1 100-pdr rifled | 175 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1 Xi-inch shell gun | 105 |
4 Ix-inch shell guns | 38 |
Sassacus | Davis | 2 100-pdrs., rifled | 145 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 20-pdrs., rifled | 119 |
4 Ix-inch shell guns | 98 |
Chippewa | Potter | 1 20-pdrs., rifled | | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1 Ix-inch shell gun | 74 |
Cuyler | Caldwell | 2 32-pdrs., shell guns. | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3 30-pdrs., rifled | 43 |
Maratanza | Young | 1 100-pdr., rifled | Not given. | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1 Ix-inch shell gun. |
Rhode Island | Trenchard | 2 30-pdrs., rifled | 69 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
1 Ix-inch shell gun. | 94 |
8 Viii-inch shell guns. | 136 |
Monticello | Cushing | 1 100-pdr., rifled | 115 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
3 30-pdrs., rifled | 3 |
2 Ix-inch shell guns | 144 |
Alabama | Langthorne | 2 30-pdrs., rifled | Not given. | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1 Ix-inch shell guns |
6 32 pdrs. |
Montgomery | Dunn | 1 30-pdr., rifled | 192 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
1 X-inch shell gun | 158 |
4 Viii-inch shell guns | 230 |
Iosco | Guest | 2 100-pdrs., rifled | 200 | 2 | 12 | 0 |
4 Ix-inch shell guns | 358 |
Armor-plated vessels.
Vessels in reserve line not given.
The total of killed is 74 ; wounded, 289; missing, 20.
The total of shells thrown from the vessels, from which returns are in the Department, 18,716.
The
Brooklyn and
Susquehanna probably threw 2,000, and ten smaller vessels 1,000, making a probable total of 21,716 during the second bombardment.
The number of shells thrown during the first bombardment was probably about 15,000.