Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the RebellionU.S. Government Printing Office, 1906 |
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Acting Ensign Acting Master Acting Volunteer Lieutenant anchor arrived August batteries blockade runner boat Brigadier-General Canby Captain Jenkins capture coal coast of Texas Comdg commanding U. S. S. Commanding West Gulf Commodore Palmer cotton crew dispatch DRAYTON enemy enemy's Engineer fleet Fort Gaines Fort Morgan Fort Powell Galveston GIDEON Granite City Gulf Blockading Squadron gunboats guns instant ironclads J. B. MARCHAND Lackawanna Letter from Rear-Admiral Lieutenant-Commander Major-General Metacomet Mississippi Sound Mobile Bay monitors Morgan naval night obedient servant Octorara opened fire Order of Rear-Admiral Orleans Ossipee Pass Cavallo Pensacola prize ram Tennessee Rear-Admiral D. G. FARRAGUT Rear-Admiral Farragut rebel received regarding Report of Rear-Admiral respectfully rifle River schooner seaman Secretary Selma sent shell shore shot signal starboard steamer Tennessee tinclad torpedo U. S. Army U. S. FLAGSHIP HARTFORD U. S. Navy U. S. S. HARTFORD vessels Washington West Gulf Blockading Western Gulf Blockading wounded XI-inch
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Sivu 111 - Whereas the laws of the United States have been, for some time past, and now are opposed, and the execution thereof obstructed, in the States of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas, by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, or by the powers vested in the marshals by law...
Sivu 111 - Texas, has since been blockaded, but as the blockade of said port may now be safely relaxed with advantage to the interests of commerce: Now, therefore, be it known that I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, pursuant to the authority in me vested by the fifth section of the act of Congress approved on the 13th of July, 1861, entitled "An act further to provide for the collection of duties on imports, and for other purposes...
Sivu 51 - I have the honor to be, captain, very respectfully, your obedient servant, CHARLES^ BREWER, Assistant Surgeon United States Army.
Sivu 542 - The signal success that Divine Providence has recently vouchsafed to the operations of the United States fleet and army in the harbor of Mobile, and the reduction of Fort Powell, Fort Gaines, and Fort Morgan, and the glorious achievements of the army under Major-General Sherman in the State of Georgia, resulting in the capture of the city of Atlanta, call for devout acknowledgment to the Supreme Being, in whose hands are the destinies of nations. It is therefore requested that on next Sunday, in...
Sivu 112 - Louisiana— licenses will be granted by Consuls of the United States upon satisfactory evidence that the vessels so licensed will convey no persons, property, or information contraband of war, either to or from the said ports, which licenses shall be exhibited to the Collector of the port to which said vessels may be respectively bound immediately on arrival, and, if required, to any officer in charge...
Sivu 418 - ... for the distance of three feet above the water's edge to five feet below, the only perceptible effect on the ram was to give her a heavy list. The Hartford was the third vessel which struck her, but, as the Tennessee quickly shifted her helm, the blow was a glancing one, and, as she rasped along our side, we poured our whole port broadside of nine-inch solid shot within ten feet of her casement.
Sivu 417 - The attacking fleet steamed steadily up the main shipchannel, the Tecumseh firing the first shot at forty-seven minutes past six o'clock. At six minutes past seven, the fort opened upon us, and was replied to by a gun from the Brooklyn, and immediately after, the action became general. It was soon apparent that there was some difficulty ahead. The Brooklyn, for some cause which I did not then clearly understand, but which has since been explained by Capt.
Sivu 416 - Craven informed me that he would be ready in four days for any service. We therefore fixed upon the 4th of August as the day for the landing of the troops, and my entrance into the bay, but owing to delays mentioned in Captain Jenkins' communication to me, the Tecumseh was not ready.
Sivu 417 - From the moment I turned to the northwestward, to clear the middle ground, we were enabled to keep such a broadside fire upon the batteries of Fort Morgan that their guns did us comparatively little injury. Just after we passed the fort, which was about ten minutes before eight o'clock, the ram Tennessee...
Sivu 397 - ... a fair range, and each vessel must be kept astern of the broadside of the next ahead; each vessel will keep a very little on the starboard quarter of his next ahead, and when abreast of the fort, will keep directly astern, and as we pass the fort will take the same distance on the port quarter of the next ahead, to enable the stern guns to fire clear of the next vessel astern.