Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the RebellionU.S. Government Printing Office, 1905 |
מהדורות אחרות - הצג הכל
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
Acting Master Acting Volunteer Lieutenant Admiral Farragut Admiral Porter Albatross anchor April Arizona arrived attack battery Bayou Berwick Bay boats Brigadier-General captured cargo Cayuga Clifton coal Colonel Comdg commanding U. S. S. Commodore Bell Commodore Morris cotton crew dispatch Donaldsonville Ellet enemy enemy's Estrella fire FLAGSHIP HARTFORD fleet force Galveston GIDEON Grand Gulf Gulf Blockading Squadron gunboats guns H. H. BELL honor informed instant ironclads Letter from Rear-Admiral Lieutenant-Commander Major-General Major-General Banks March Matamoras MISSISSIPPI MARINE BRIGADE Mississippi Squadron Mobile Monongahela morning N. P. BANKS naval night obedient servant Order of Rear-Admiral Orleans Pass Cavallo Pensacola Port Hudson prize Rear-Admiral D. G. FARRAGUT Rear-Admiral Farragut rebel received Red River regarding respectfully Sabine Pass Sachem schooner Secretary Senior Officer sent shell shot STEAM SLOOP BROOKLYN steamer troops U. S. Army U. S. gunboat U. S. Navy U. S. STEAM SLOOP vessels Vicksburg Warrenton West Gulf Blockading wounded
קטעים בולטים
עמוד 502 - The boundary line between the two Republics shall commence in the Gulf of Mexico, three leagues from land, opposite the mouth of the Rio Grande, otherwise called Rio Bravo del Norte, or opposite the mouth of its deepest branch, if it should have more than one branch emptying directly into the sea; from thence up the middle of that river, following the deepest channel, where it has...
עמוד 117 - Edward*, a public notary in and for the State of New York, by letters patent under the great seal of the said State, duly commissioned and sworn...
עמוד 570 - ... is in good faith and without contraband, actually bound and passing from one friendly or so-called neutral port to another, and not bound or proceeding to or from a port in the possession of the insurgents, then she can not be lawfully seized.
עמוד 502 - In answer I have to state that the stipulation in the treaty can only affect the rights of Mexico and the United States. If for their mutual convenience it has been deemed proper to enter into such an arrangement, third parties can have no just cause for complaint.
עמוד 323 - Walters volunteered to assist the volunteer officer commanding the fort in the drilling of his men at great guns. I paid them a visit, and gave them my advice in case of an attack, which I looked for sooner or later. I left Commander Woolsey, in the Princess Royal, in command at Donaldsonville, ordered the...
עמוד 323 - Lafourche crossing and attacked our pickets, who repulsed them, causing them a heavy loss. On the 18th they had a second fight, and were again repulsed. On the 23d the enemy, under Generals Green and Mouton, attacked and captured Brashear City. Our force there was very small. I had only a small steamer mounting two 12-pound howitzers, which I purchased as a tug, but I regret to say that her commander is not represented as having been any more vigilant than the rest, and backed down the bay. Mr. Ryder...
עמוד 522 - At 3.30 pm the Sachem, followed by the Arizona, advanced up the eastern channel to draw the fire of the forts, while the Clifton advanced up the western channel ; the Granite City to cover the landing of a division of troops under General Weitzel. No reply to the fire of the gunboats...
עמוד 24 - It was a wonderful escape for the crew. 1 write this letter for two purposes — first, to exonerate myself from any charge of a disposition to interfere with your command, and, secondly, with a hope to excuse General Ellet from any feeling to do that which he thought would be disagreeable to you; but, on the contrary, all who surrounded him at the time thought, and so expressed themselves, that it would be in accordance with your wishes if you were present.
עמוד 24 - DEAR ADMIRAL: I find myself in a most awkward predicament, being here with only my ship and the little Albatross as a tender, unable to do anything but go up and down the river, or, what is of much more importance, blockade the mouth of Red River for a limited period. I have expressed the desire to you to have an ironclad, one at least, and two rams, to assist me in this matter, and I now repeat it, so that, when it becomes...
עמוד 558 - ... the enemy surrendered. Thus it will be seen we captured with 47 men two gunboats, mounting thirteen guns of the heaviest caliber, and about 350 prisoners. All my men behaved like heroes; not a man flinched from his post. Our motto was