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Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 2., Chapter 5: military and naval operations on the coast of South Carolina.--military operations on the line of the Potomac River. (search)
avy. On Tuesday, the 5th, Nov., 1861. Commander John Rogers, a passenger with Dupont, on his way to his own ship, the Flag, accompanied by General Wright, made a reconnoissance in force of the Confederate works in the Ottawa, supported by the Curlew, Seneca, and Smith. The forts on both shores opened upon them, as they desired they should, and an engagement of about three-quarters of an hour ensued, by which the strength and, character of those works were fairly tested. In the mean time, th Bankhead; sailing sloop Vandalia, towed by the Isaac P. Smith, Lieutenant commanding J. W. A. Nicholson. The flanking squadron consisted of the gunboats Bienville, Commander Charles Steedman, leading; Seneca, Lieutenant commanding Daniel Ammen; Curlew, Lieutenant commanding P. G. Watmough; Penguin, Lieutenant commanding F. A. Budd; and Augusta, Commander E. G. Parrott. Fort Walker, Hilton head. That flotilla was then lying at a safe distance between Hilton Head and Paris Islands. The
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 2., Chapter 6: the Army of the Potomac.--the Trent affair.--capture of Roanoke Island. (search)
Croatan Sound, fifteen of the gun-boats leading, under the immediate command of Rowan, and followed by the armed transports. On the following day Lynch sent the Curlew, Captain Hunter, to reconnoiter the approaching fleet, and her Commander reported it at anchor six miles below Roanoke Island. That evening was dark and misty, aoats and the batteries on Croatan Sound ensued. The Confederate flotilla joined in the fight, but was soon driven beyond the range of the National guns, with the Curlew, its largest steamer, so badly disabled, that it began to sink, and was soon afterward beached, under cover of the guns of Fort Forrest, on Redstone Point. Lynch, who was a man of very moderate ability and courage, was disheartened. He wrote to Mallory that he should endeavor to get the guns from the Curlew, and with the squadron proceed to Elizabeth City, from which he would send an express to Norfolk for ammunition. There he would make a final stand, and would blow up the vessels ra
Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War., Chapter 59: (search)
lanter 198,690 58 16,872 00 181,818 58 Key West Feb. 29, 1864 Lackawanna. Steamer Patras 34,000 00 4,077 41 29,922 59 New York Feb. 29, 1864 Bienville. Bark Pioneer 31,401 25 2,913 81 28,487 44 do April 14, 1864 Monticello, Quaker City.   Pianos 2 Waiting for prize list of the Great Western. 134 00 103 21 30 79 Springfield   Great Western. Schooner Paul 975 65 134 04 841 61 Key West April 16, 1864 Sagamore.   Prize money 59,943 42 1,198 86 58,744 56 Washington Oct. 29, 1864 Curlew, Gen. Pillow, New Era, Louisville, Mound City, Conestoga, Marmora, Signal, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Gen. Lyon, Romeo, Carondelet, Tyler, Petrel, Black Hawk and tugs. Schooner Pancha Larissa 8,980 85 1,225 00 7,755 85 New Orleans April 22, 1865 Sciota. Sloop Pickwick 335 85 102 70 233 15 Key West Aug. 25, 1865 Sunflower. Schooner Peep o Day 3,488 84 363 70 3,125 14 do Aug. 25, 1865 Pursuit. Schooner Pet 19,820 25 3,952 08 15,868 17 New Orleans June 26, 1865 Bienville, Princess Roya
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 3. (ed. Frank Moore), Doc. 36. battle of Port Royal, S. C. Fought November 7, 1861. (search)
hort, he is perfect master of his profession in my opinion, second to none, and so considered by all on board the Unadilla. On the morning of the 7th November at nine o'clock the signal was made from the flag-ship to get under way, a signal we had been watching anxiously for some time. I never saw an anchor come up livelier in my life. We then started up the bay in the following order: Wabash, Susquehanna, Seminole, Mohican, Pawnee, Unadilla, Ottawa, Seneca, Pembina, Augusta, Bienville, Curlew, Penguin, Pocahontas, Isaac Smith, and R. B. Forbes. The two batteries are called Forts Beauregard and Walker. The former on the right, on Bay Point, the other on the left, on Hilton Head. The former mounting eighteen guns, and the other twenty-two, and big ones, too--ten-inch columbiads and eighty pounders, rifled. We commenced on Fort Beauregard and so round to Fort Walker, keeping under weigh and going round, first one fort and then the other. The ball opened at ten o'clock, and a
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 3. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 143 (search)
starboard column, having her position on the Susquehanna's starboard quarter and maintaining it during the entire action. They were drawn up in the following order: Main column.Starboard column. Wabash,Bienville, SusquehannSeneca, Mohican,Curlew, Seminole,Penguin, Pawnee,Ottawa, Unadilla,Vandalia. Pembina.  The arrangement of the ships was a work of speedy accomplishment. They presented a noble and magnificent spectacle. It was apparent to all that the great mission upon whichrring, and the water as smooth as a mirror. The gunboats are now moving up toward the river, followed by the smaller vessels of the fleet. Half-past 4 P. M.--Three small vessels have just put off from shore to meet our gunboats. The Penguin, Curlew, and Unadilla are in the lead, and the Pawnee in the rear. The three rebel boats open on ours, firing three rounds, all of which fall short. The Penguin answers, then the Curlew and the Unadilla, and then the Pawnee, each feeling the way, and f
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 1: The Opening Battles. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), Engagements of the Civil War with losses on both sides December, 1860-August, 1862 (search)
lis, Beaufort, Raleigh, Fanny, Forrest. Losses: Union 35 killed, 200 wounded. Confed. 16 killed, 39 wounded, 2,527 taken prisoners. February 10, 1862: Elizabeth City, or Cobb's Point, N. C. Union, Gunboats Delaware, Underwriter, Louisiana, Seymour, Hetzel, Shawseen, Valley City, Putnam, Commodore Perry, Ceres, Morse, Whitehead, and Brinker. Confed., Mosquito fleet commanded by Commodore W. F. Lynch, and comprising the vessels engaged at Roanoke Island on the 8th, except the Curlew. Losses: Union 3 killed. February 13, 1862: Bloomery Gap, Va. Union, Gen. Lander's Brigade. Confed., 31st, 67th, 89th Va. Losses: Union 11 killed, 5 wounded. Confed. 13 killed, 65 missing. February 14-16, 1862: Fort Donelson, or Dover, Tenn. Union, Gunboats Carondelet, Pittsburgh, Louisville, St. Louis, Tyler, and Conestoga, 17th and 25th Ky., 11th, 25th, 31st, and 44th Ind., 2d, 7th, 12th and 14th Iowa, 1st Neb., 58th and 76th Ohio, 8th and 13th Mo., 8th Wis.,
Raphael Semmes, Memoirs of Service Afloat During the War Between the States, Chapter 21: (search)
lates, and diagrams showed how the approaches had been buoyed, and the order of battle was described, with minute prolixity. I cannot forbear giving to the reader, the names of the ships, that participated in this great naval victory, with their loss in killed and wounded, after an engagement that lasted four mortal hours. The ships were the Wabash, the Susquehanna, the Mohican, the Seminole, the Pawnee, the Unadilla, the Ottawa, the Pembina, the Isaac Smith, the Bienville, the Seneca, the Curlew, the Penguin, the Augusta, the R. B. Forbes, the Pocahontas, the Mercury, the Vandalia, and the Vixen—total 19. The killed were 8—not quite half a man apiece; and the seriously wounded 6! November 27th.—Morning thick, with heavy clouds and rain, clearing as the day advanced. Afternoon clear, bright weather, with a deep blue sea, and the trade-wind blowing half a gale from the north-east. At six P. M., put all sail on the ship, and let the steam go down. We had already consumed half ou<
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, I. List of officers from Massachusetts in United States Navy, 1861 to 1865. (search)
am C.,Sweden.Mass.Mass.June 2, 1864.Actg. Master's Mate.Gladiolus; Arethusa; Daffodil.South Atlantic.Sept. 27, 1868.Hon. discharged.Mate. Parks, George H., Killed by explosion on Tulip.Mass.Mass.Mass.July 6, 1863.Actg. 3d Asst. Engr.Tulip.Potomac Flotilla.Nov. 11, 1864.Deceased.Actg. 3d Asst. Engr. Parris, Elias,Mass.Mass.Mass.Dec. 11, 1862.Actg. 3d Asst. Engr.Sacramento.Special Cruise.June 26, 1863.Resigned.Actg. 3d Asst. Engr. Parrish, H. N.,-Mass.Mass.Sept. 23, 1861.Actg. Master.Curlew.North Atlantic.Dec. 6, 1861.Resigned.Actg. Master. Parsons, Alonzo D.,N. H.Mass.Mass.Dec. 27, 1864.Actg. 3d Asst. Engr.Canandaigua.South Atlantic.Feb. 12, 1869.Hon. discharged.Actg. 3d Asst. Engr. Parsons, Arthur F., Credit, Milford.Mass.Mass.Mass.Jan. 2, 1862.Actg. Master's Mate.Cherokee.East Gulf.Oct. 24, 1865.Hon. discharged.Actg. Ensign. July 30, 1863.Actg. Ensign. Parsons, John E., Credit, Charlestown.Me.Mass.Mass.Oct. 10, 1863.Actg. Asst. Surgeon.Cayuga.West Gulf.Dec. 8, 18
D. H. Hill, Jr., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 4, North Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 2: (search)
fe. Antiquated smooth-bore cannon, mounted on the front wheels of ordinary farm wagons, drawn by mules with plow harness on, moved to oppose the latest rifled columbiads and Parrott guns of Goldsborough's fleet. A regiment armed with squirrel rifles and fowling-pieces, and carving knives in place of bayonets, was transported to Roanoke island to engage the admirably equipped soldiers of Burnside. The catalogue of the names of Lynch's fleet in Albemarle sound—the Seabird, Ellis, Beaufort, Curlew, Raleigh, Fanny and Forrest—sounds imposing enough even now when we remember that with fewer vessels Dewey fought at Manila; but when we recall that the flagship was a wooden side-wheeler, carrying only two guns and one of them a smooth-bore; that the other members of the squadron were canal tugboats, carrying one gun each; that the gunners were raw details from raw infantry; that the fleet had frequently to anchor while the crew cut green wood to fire the boilers—when we recall all this, we<
Daniel Ammen, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 7.2, The Atlantic Coast (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Appendix. (search)
under howitzers. SenecaLt.-Com'g Daniel Ammen1 XI-in. pivot, 1 20-pounder rifle, 2 24-pounder howitzers. Vandalia (sailing sloop)Commander F. L. Haggerty4 Viii-in., 16 32-pounders. The vessels above the line were built for war purposes, those below it were purchased. Isaac SmithLt.-Com'g J. W. A. Nicholson1 30-pdr. rifle, afterward 8 Xiii-in. BienvilleCommander Chas. Steedman8 32-pounders. AugustaCommander B. G. Parrott8 32-pounders. PenguinLieut.-Com'g T. A. Budd4 32-pounders. CurlewLt.-Com'g P. G. Watmough6 32-pounders, 1 30-pounder rifle. R. B. ForbesLt.-Com'g H. S. Newcomb2 32-pounders. II.—ironclad attack on Fortifications of Charleston Harbor, April 7, 1863. Table compiled from official reports. Name of vessel.Kind and calibre of armament.Projectiles fired.Nearest approach to Sumter or Moultrie.Times hit.Remarks. Shot.Shell. New Ironsides2 150-pdr. rifles11,000 yards.Not stated.Confederates say the New Ironsides was hit 65 times. 14 Xi-inch7 Mo
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