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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Army Life in a Black Regiment, Chapter 3: up the St. Mary's. (search)
o repeat the enterprise with the bravest white troops, leaving Corporal Sutton and his mates behind, for I should have expected to fail. For a year after our raid the Upper St. Mary's remained unvisited, till in 1864 the large force with which we held Florida secured peace upon its banks; then Mrs. A. took the oath of allegiance, the Government bought her remaining lumber, and the John Adams again ascended with a detachment of my men under Lieutenant Parker, and brought a portion of it to Fernandina. By a strange turn of fortune, Corporal Sutton (now Sergeant) was at this time in jail at Hilton Head, under sentence of court-martial for an alleged act of mutiny,an affair in which the general voice of our officers sustained him and condemned his accusers, so that he soon received a full pardon, and was restored in honor to his place in the regiment, which he has ever since held. Nothing can ever exaggerate the fascinations of war, whether on the largest or smallest scale. When we
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 2., Chapter 12: operations on the coasts of the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico. (search)
out doing much damage. near the fort, and also from the village of St. Mary's, a short. distance up the St. Mary's River. These were at once occupied by National forces. Fort Clinch was garrisoned by a few of General Wright's troops, and Commander C. R. P. Rogers, with some launches, captured the Confederate steamer Darlington, lying in the adjacent waters. The insurgent force was utterly broken up. We captured Port Royal, Dupont wrote to the Secretary of the Navy, March, 4, 1862. but Fernandina and Fort Clinch have been given to us. News reached Dupont that the Confederates were abandoning every post along the Florida coast, and he took measures to occupy them or hold them in durance. Commander Gordon was sent with three gun-boats to Brunswick, the terminus of the Brunswick and Pensacola railway. He took possession of it on the 9th of March. The next day he held the batteries on the islands of St. Simon and Jekyl, and on the 13th he proceeded with the Potomska and Pocahonta
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 4. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 78 (search)
m the shoalness of the bar, would have added to the defences by keeping the approaching vessels a long time exposed to fire, under great disadvantages; and when the ships of an enemy had passed all their defences, they would have to encounter a well-constructed and naturally masked battery at the town, which commands the access to the inner anchorage. We are told that General Lee pronounced the place perfectly defensible; we are not surprised at this, if true. We captured Port Royal, but Fernandina and Fort Clinch have been given to us. We had in the expedition Mr. W. H. Dennis, an assistant in the Coast Survey, who possessed accurate local knowledge of a part of the ground we passed over, of which indeed he had made the topographical map, under the direction of the Superintendent. He was zealous and active, and it gives me pleasure to mention it. The Empire City, on board of which was Gen. Wright, grounded on the bar. As soon as he arrived, (in another steamer,) immediate ste
Allan Pinkerton, The spy in the rebellion; being a true history of the spy system of the United States Army during the late rebellion, revealing many secrets of the war hitherto not made public, compiled from official reports prepared for President Lincoln , General McClellan and the Provost-Marshal-General ., Chapter 3: (search)
m for offenses committed in days gone by. The leader and President of this society was a Captain Fernandina, who was known as one of the most active of the conspirators. This individual at one tim and whose members were believed to fully indorse the views of their chief. At this meeting Fernandina delivered an address which, for its treasonable nature and its violent opposition to all laws,ventually to perform giant service in the cause. Howard having effecting an introduction to Fernandina, and convinced him of his devotion to the interests of the South, I experienced no difficulty ngly interesting. The question of assassinating the President was freely discussed, and Captain Fernandina expressed himself vehemently in its favor. Some one in the party remarked: Are there no other means of saving the South except by assassination? No, replied Fernandina; as well might you attempt to move the Washington Monument yonder with your breath, as to change our purpose
Allan Pinkerton, The spy in the rebellion; being a true history of the spy system of the United States Army during the late rebellion, revealing many secrets of the war hitherto not made public, compiled from official reports prepared for President Lincoln , General McClellan and the Provost-Marshal-General ., Chapter 4: (search)
About twenty men comprised the number, but many entered afterward. After a few preliminary movements, Howard was conducted to the station of the President of the assembly and duly sworn, the members gathering around him in a circle as this was being done. Having passed through the required formula, Howard was warmly taken by the hand by his associates, many of whom he had met in the polite circles of society. After quiet had been restored, the President, who was none other than Captain Fernandina, arose, and in a dramatic manner detailed the particulars of the plot. It had been fully determined that the assassination should take place at the Calvert street depot. A vast crowd of secessionists were to assemble at that place to await the arrival of the train with Mr. Lincoln. They would appear early and fill the narrow streets and passages immediately surrounding it. No attempt at secrecy was made of the fact that the Marshal of Police was conversant with their plans, and th
Daniel Ammen, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 7.2, The Atlantic Coast (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 3: strategic Reconnoissances. (search)
Huron was sent up; the Confederate soldiers vanished, and the fire was put out. Captain Drayton reported: The batteries on and near Fort Clinch on the southern part of Cumberland Island and at New Fernandina, although many guns had been removed, might have offered very serious obstacles to our approach. As stated before, the enemy had been busy for several days in removing heavy guns, for the purpose of transporting them beyond the reach of gunboats. At 8 P. M. of the 2d a telegram to Fernandina from Brunswick stated that twenty-four armed vessels were in Cumberland Sound. This produced a panic, and by noon of the 3d the garrison, which consisted of 1,500 men, and most of the inhabitants had left. The long line of vessels entering St. Andrew's was really a beautiful and impressive sight; to the naval eye, however, there was not much that was really formidable in it. A punster might be pardoned in calling it an imposing force. Fernandina was garrisoned on the morning of the
The Daily Dispatch: January 1, 1862., [Electronic resource], From Tybee Island. (search)
Capture of a Confederate schooner. --The Operator of the Cuban Telegraph has favored us with a dispatch received from Fernandina, stating that a schooner was captured yesterday by the Federal first while attempting to run the blockade of that port. The name of the vessel and other particulars, had not been obtained then the dispatch left, Savannah Republic.
The Daily Dispatch: January 27, 1862., [Electronic resource], Sale of negroes in Tennessee. (search)
The burning of Cedar Keys, Fla., by the enemy — great destruction. Augusta, Jan. 25. --The Savannah News, of this morning says that a letter, dated on the 19th inst., from Cedar Keys, Fla., confirms the reported capture of that place. The Federals burnt the town, the wharves, and five loaded schooners in that port; also, 50 bales of cotton and 150 barrels of turpentine. The schooner Fanny escaped up the Christol river. A flat, with fifteen men and some ladies, was captured by the Yankees. The men were ironed. The captain of the schooner Ann Smith and some civilians were released on their parole after two days confinement. A letter from Fernandina says that the citizens of Cedar Keys were not molested, and that private property was not taken. The enemy have left the place.
The Daily Dispatch: January 7, 1864., [Electronic resource], Fernandina, Florida. (search)
ankee teachers. Mr. Yulee's brought $200, and was purchased by the Colonel of the 11th Maine. Mrs. Mendenhall's was bought at $101 by a negro woman named Rachael, belonging to Mrs. Crichton, of St. Mary's. Dr. Lesesne's was bought at $60 by a Mrs. Call, a baker, from Jacksonville. Col. Conchman's was purchased at $200, and is occupied by Commissioner Reed. The brick block containing Savage and Wilson's stores was purchased by Robinson, of Jacksonville, for the sum of $400. A letter from Fernandina says: The town would scarcely be recognized by any of its former citizens. Most of the fences have been used for fuel, the weather-boarding of the unoccupied buildings has shared the same fate, while the shattered windows and doors and broken plastering tell a mournful rate of ruin and wanton destruction. The flower gardens are barren wastes, while the beautiful grove around the Park has been leveled. The Baptist Church has been converted into a theatre, the Presbyterian Church in