Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the RebellionU.S. Government Printing Office, 1900 |
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Actg Acting Ensign Acting Master Acting Volunteer Lieutenant anchor assault Assistant Atlantic Blockading Squadron attack battery beach Beaufort C. S. Army Cape Fear River Captain capture Chaffin's Bluff Comdg Commanding North Atlantic commanding U. S. S. Commodore crew DAVID D December December 24 Dutch Gap enemy enemy's explosion Fisher Flag-Officer James River Flag-Officer Mitchell FLAGSHIP VIRGINIA fleet Fort Fisher GIDEON gunboats guns Hampton Roads honor to report Inlet instant ironclads Ironsides James River Squadron January land landsman Lieutenant-Commander Major-General marines naval Navy Department night Norfolk North Atlantic Blockading North Atlantic Squadron North Carolina November obedient servant obstructions officers opened fire Order of Rear-Admiral picket powder Rear-Admiral D. D. PORTER Rear-Admiral DAVID Rear-Admiral Porter rebel regarding Report of Commander respectfully Richmond rifle Santiago de Cuba seaman Secretary sent shell ship shore shot signal starboard steam steamer Telegram torpedo boat troops U. S. Navy underway vessel Wilmington wounded
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Seite 392 - It is exceedingly desirable that the most complete understanding should exist between yourself and the naval commander. I suggest, therefore, that you consult with Admiral Porter freely, and get from him the part to be performed by each branch of the public service, so that there may be unity of action. It would be well to have the whole programme laid down in writing. I have served with Admiral Porter, and know that you can rely on his judgment and his nerve to undertake what he proposes. I would,...
Seite 109 - An act further to provide for the collection of duties on imports, and for other purposes...
Seite 150 - The object of the expedition will be gained by effecting a landing on the main land between Cape Fear River and the Atlantic, north of the north entrance to the river. Should such landing be effected whilst the enemy still holds Fort Fisher and the batteries guarding the entrance to the river, then the troops should intrench themselves, and by cooperating with the navy, effect the reduction and capture of those places.
Seite 559 - ... the fire of the navy should so far destroy the palisades as to make one practicable. This decision was communicated to Admiral Porter, who at once placed a division of his vessels in a position to accomplish this last-named object. It was arranged in consultation with him that a heavy bombardment from all the vessels should commence early in the morning and continue up to the moment of the assault, and that even then it should not cease, but should be diverted from the points of attack to other...
Seite 392 - My own views are that, if you effect a landing, the navy ought to run a portion of their fleet into Cape Fear river, while the balance of it operates on the outside. Land forces cannot invest Fort Fisher, or cut it off from supplies or reinforcements, while the river is in possession of the enemy.
Seite 392 - Keep the fleet of vessels with you until your position is assured. When you find they can be spared, order them back, or such of them as you can spare, to Fort Monroe, to report for orders. " In case of failure to effect a landing, bring your command back to Beaufort, and report to these headquarters for further instructions.
Seite 243 - I caused the troops with their prisoners to re-embark, and see nothing further that can be done by the land forces. I shall therefore sail for Hampton Roads as soon as the transport fleet can be got in order.
Seite 306 - ... closely that three or four men of the picket line ventured upon the parapet and through the sallyport of the work, capturing a horse, which they brought off, killing the orderly, who was the bearer of a dispatch from the chief of artillery of General Whiting to bring a light battery within the fort, and also brought away from the parapet the flag of the fort.
Seite 347 - Porter, of the most formidable armament ever collected for concentration upon one given point. This necessarily attracted the attention of the enemy, as well as that of the loyal North ; and through the imprudence of the public press, and very likely of officers of both branches of service, the exact object of the expedition became a subject of common discussion in the newspapers both North and South. The enemy, thus warned, prepared to meet it. This caused a postponement of the expedition until...
Seite 299 - Whiting to bring a light battery within the fort, and also brought away from the parapet the flag of the fort. " This was done while the shells of the navy were falling about the heads of the daring men who entered the work, and it was evident, as soon as the fire of the navy ceased because of the darkness, that the fort was fully manned again and opened with grape and canister upon our picket line. " Finding that nothing but the operations of a regular...