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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 32 0 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2 20 0 Browse Search
James Barnes, author of David G. Farragut, Naval Actions of 1812, Yank ee Ships and Yankee Sailors, Commodore Bainbridge , The Blockaders, and other naval and historical works, The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 6: The Navy. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller) 12 0 Browse Search
George Bancroft, History of the Colonization of the United States, Vol. 1, 17th edition. 10 0 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 11. (ed. Frank Moore) 8 0 Browse Search
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition. 6 0 Browse Search
Daniel Ammen, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 7.2, The Atlantic Coast (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 6 0 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: January 27, 1865., [Electronic resource] 4 0 Browse Search
Emilio, Luis F., History of the Fifty-Fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry , 1863-1865 4 0 Browse Search
Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler 2 0 Browse Search
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Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3., Chapter 17: Sherman's March through the Carolinas.--the capture of Fort Fisher. (search)
et, Pontoosuc, Nyack. Ticonderoga, Shenandoah, Juniata, Powhatan, Susquehanna, Wabash, Colorado, Minnesota, Vanderbilt, Mackinaw, Tuscarora, Vicksburg, St. Jago de Cuba, Fort Jackson, Osceola, Sassacus, Chippewa, Maratanza, R. R. Cuyler, Rhode Island, Monticello, Alabama, Montgomery, Keystone State, Queen City, Iosco, Aries, Howquah, Wilderness, Cherokee, A. D. Vance, Moccasin, Eolus, Gettysburg, Emma, Lillian, Nansemond, Tristram Shandy, Britannia, Governor Buckingham, Saugus, Monadnock, Canonicus, Mahopac. Total, 58. The last four were monitors. On the evening of the 15th, the transports, with the troops, arrived at the prescribed rendezvous, about twenty-five miles at sea, east of Fort Fisher. The ocean was perfectly calm, and remained so for three days, while the army was anxiously waiting for the navy; for the landing of troops could have been easily effected in that smooth water. Eagerly all eyes were turned northward, day after day, but it was not until the evening of S
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 II., chapter 32 (search)
h, having attained a considerable distance, was scarcely harmed by the explosion. The fort and its defenders seem. to have been nowise disturbed by it--Col. Lamb supposing it to be merely the bursting. of one of the great guns of our fleet. Porter had 33 war vessels, several of them iron-clad, beside a reserve of 17 small ones. At 11 1/2 A. M., he followed up the abortive explosion by an order to advance and bombard the fort: the Ironsides leading, closely followed by the Monadnock, Canonicus, Mahopac, Minnesota, and nearly all his larger ships; and so terrible was their concentrated fire that the fort was completely silenced by it in 75 minutes; having been set on fire in several places and two of its magazines exploded. The bombardment was continued till sun-set, when Gen. Butler arrived in his flagship; his transports being still absent. Corn. Porter now drew off for the night. At 7 A. M. next day, the transports and troops having arrived, the bombardment was renewed, a
Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Appendix. (search)
of them to about two shots a minute, and permitting the large vessels to fight only one division of guns at a time. [no. 141. see pages 810 and 818.] North Atlantic Squadron, United States flag-Ship Malvern, at sea, off New Inlet, North Carolina, Dec. 26. Hon. Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy: . . . At daylight, on the 24th, the fleet got under way, and stood in, in line of battle. At 11.30 A. M. the signal was made to engage the forts, the Ironsides leading, and the Monadnock, Canonicus, and Mahopac following. The Ironsides took her position in the most beautiful and seamanlike manner, got her spring out, and opened deliberate fire on the fort, which was firing at her with all its guns, which did not seem numerous in the northeast face, though we counted what appeared to be seventeen guns; but four or five of these were fired from that direction, and they were silenced almost as soon as the Ironsides opened her terrific battery. The Minnesota then took her position in
James Barnes, author of David G. Farragut, Naval Actions of 1812, Yank ee Ships and Yankee Sailors, Commodore Bainbridge , The Blockaders, and other naval and historical works, The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 6: The Navy. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), The birth of the ironclads (search)
h class. Not satisfied with all this activity, the Navy Department, in September, 1862, let the contracts for nine more monitors similar to the Passaic class, but slightly larger. Among these was the Saugus ; and one of her sister-ships, the Canonicus, gave her name to the class. The most famous of the nine was the Tecumseh. Her bold commander, T. A. N. Craven, in an effort to grapple with the Confederate ram Tennessee in Mobile Bay, ran through the line of torpedoes and lost his ship, whin such a manner that they could be brought to bear in any direction. This object was defeated somewhat in the double-turreted type, since each turret masked a considerable angle of fire of the other. The Saugus, together with the Tecumseh and Canonicus and the Onondaga, served in the six-hour action with Battery Dantzler and the Confederate vessels in the James River, June 21, 1864. Again on August 13th she locked horns with the Confederate fleet at Dutch Gap. She was actively engaged on th
James Barnes, author of David G. Farragut, Naval Actions of 1812, Yank ee Ships and Yankee Sailors, Commodore Bainbridge , The Blockaders, and other naval and historical works, The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 6: The Navy. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), Naval actions along the shore (search)
gunboat Foster, near Point of Rocks — in order effectually to drive off hostile detachments. In the lower picture the Canonicus, one of the newer monitors, is seen coaling on the James. Under Commander E. G. Parrott, the Canonicus participated inCanonicus participated in the six-hour engagement with Battery Dantzler and the Confederate gunboats on June 21, 1864, and on August 16th and 18th, she, with other vessels, engaged the Virginia and the Richmond and Confederate troops under General R. E. Lee, to cover the advance of Federals under General Butler. The Canonicus participated in the Fort Fisher expedition, and to her belongs the honor of capturing the British blockade-runner Deer off Charleston, February 18, 1865. In the center appears the gunboat Massaded by Lieutenant G. W. Sumner, who displayed the utmost coolness and bravery in handling his vessel. The monitor Canonicus The movements of the naval forces on the Atlantic coast south of Cape Charles and Cape Henry, and along the border
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Canonicus (search)
Canonicus Indian chief; king of the Narragansets; born about 1565. He was at first unwilling to be friendly with the Pilgrims at New Plymouth. To show his contempt and defiance of the English,f peace. The chief and his associates honorably sued for the friendship of the white people. Canonicus became the firm friend of the English, especially of Roger Williams, who found a retreat in hiwar between the Narragansets and Pequods, concerning the ownership of lands, in which a son of Canonicus was slain. In his grief the king burned his own house and all his goods in it. Roger Williams, who often experienced his kindness, spoke of Canonicus as a wise and peaceable prince. He was uncle of Miantonomoh (q. v.), who succeeded him as sachem of the Narragansets in 1638. Canonicus diedperienced his kindness, spoke of Canonicus as a wise and peaceable prince. He was uncle of Miantonomoh (q. v.), who succeeded him as sachem of the Narragansets in 1638. Canonicus died June 4, 1647.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Imperialism. (search)
much loss of life and property on both sides, and resulting in the utter defeat of the Indians and the cession by them of tracts of land to the colonists. This policy was pursued to the end of the colonial period. The Plymouth colony early sent Captain Standish, with a few men, to confer with the natives and ascertain, if possible, the state of their feelings in regard to the white settlement; but the Indians eluded him and he learned nothing. The second year after this reconnoissance Canonicus, king or chief of the Narragansets, by way of showing how he felt about it, sent to the Plymouth people a bundle of arrows tied with the skin of a rattlesnake. As an answer to this challenge, the skin was stuffed with powder and bullets and returned. These exchanges of compliments opened the way for a peace treaty between the settlers and several tribes; but some of the chiefs were suspicious of the whites and formed a conspiracy to kill them off. The scheme coming to the knowledge of th
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Miantonomoh, 1632- (search)
Miantonomoh, 1632- King of the Narraganset Indians; born in Rhode Island: nephew of Canonicus and Ninegret (qq. v.). As early as 1632 he visited Boston with his wife and stayed two nights. He went to church with the English. Governor Winthrop took Miantonomoh and his attendants to his home and made much of them. In 1637 he assisted the English in the war with the Pequod Indians (q. v.). At the beginning of 1638 he succeeded his uncle, Canonicus, as sachem or king of the Narragansets; and in March he granted lands on the island of Rhode Island to William Coddington and others to make a settlement. Entering into an agreement with Uncas, sachem of th white people was put to death, in obedience to a policy that thus favored the Mohegans. His death left an indelible stain upon the Connecticut authorities. The names of Miantonomoh and Canonicus have been given to two vessels in the new navy of the United States, the first a double-turret monitor, the second a single-turret one.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Narraganset Indians, (search)
t Indians, An Algonquian family of the New England Indians which occupied the territory now comprised in the State of Rhode Island. Industrious and hardy, they were numerous, and had twelve towns within a distance of 20 miles. Their chief, Canonicus, sent a bundle of arrows tied with a snake-skin to Governor Bradford, of Plymouth, indicating his hostility. Bradford returned the skin filled with gunpowder. Canonicus was alarmed, and remained peaceable, especially after banished Roger WillCanonicus was alarmed, and remained peaceable, especially after banished Roger Williams won their good — will by his kindness. They accompanied Massachusetts troops against the Pequods in 1637, and in 1644 ceded their lands to the British King. The Narragansets having violated the terms of a treaty made in 1644, the New England Congress, under the provisions of the union or confederation, sent messengers to the offending Indians requiring their appearance at Boston. At first they treated the messengers kindly, but finally declared that they would not have peace until they
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Navy of the United States (search)
0T. S.11 Raleigh3,213Protected cruiserS.10,000T. S.11 Reina Mercedes3,090Protected cruiserS.3,700S.11 Atlanta3,000Protected cruiserS.4,030S.8 Boston3,000Protected cruiserS.4,030S.8 Third rate Yankee6,888Cruiser (converted)I.3,800S.10 Prairie6,872Cruiser (converted)I.3,800S.10 Solace4,700Hospital shipS.3,200S.10 Panther4,260Cruiser (converted)I.3,200S.8 Hartford2,790Cruiser.W.2,000S.13 Mayflower2,690Cruiser (converted)S.4,700T. S.2 Katahdin2,155Harbor-defence ramS.5,068T. S.4 Canonicus2,100Single-turret monitorI.340S.2 Mahopac2,100Single-turret monitorI.340S.2 Manhattan2,100Single-turret monitorI.340S.2 Detroit2,089Unprotected cruiserS.5,227T. S.10 Montgomery2,089Unprotected cruiserS.5,580T. S.10 Marblehead2,089Unprotected cruiserS.5,451T. S.10 Mohican1,900CruiserW.1,100S.6 Catskill1,875Single-turret monitorI.340S.2 Jason1,875Single-turret monitorI.340S.2 Lehigh1,875Single-turret monitorI.340S.2 Montauk1,875Single-turret monitorI.340S.2 Nahant1,875Single-turre
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