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Tag Archives: reports
5 April 1865: “We found that the rebel rams and gunboats had all been blown up.”
Item Description: This is a report of rear admiral Porter, U. S. Navy, regarding operations following the evacuation of Richmond. He reports on the progress of the removal of torpedoes left by Confederate ships. [Scans courtesy of Google Books and Cornell … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged 12th Virginia Artillery Battalion, evacuation of Richmond, reports, torpedoes, United States Navy
Comments Off on 5 April 1865: “We found that the rebel rams and gunboats had all been blown up.”
3 April 1865: “You will be careful and thorough in dragging the river for torpedoes and send men along the banks to cut the wire.”
Item Description: Report of Lieutenant Commander R. Chandler, United States Navy, 3 April 1865, regarding the removal of obstructions in the James River, transmitting instructions to Union navy ships on the James River in Virginia for similar operations. [Scans courtesy of Google Books … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged Hatteras inlet, James River, naval operations, Neuse River, New Bern, North Carolina, reports, torpedo, United States Navy, vessels, Virginia
Comments Off on 3 April 1865: “You will be careful and thorough in dragging the river for torpedoes and send men along the banks to cut the wire.”
3 March 1865: “With regard to the prison stations at Andersonville, Salisbury and other places south of Richmond[…] We are satisfied that privation, suffering and mortality, to an extent much to be regretted, did prevail among the prisoners there, but they were not the result of neglect, still less of design on the part of the Confederate government.”
Item description: Report, dated 3 March 1865, of the Joint Select Committee appointed to investigate the Condition and Treatment of Prisoners of War. [Note: The image above is only the first page of the report. Click here to see a complete … Continue reading
Posted in Rare Book Collection
Tagged Andersonville, Confederate Congress, Confederate imprints, hospitals, Johnson's Island, Libby Prison, prisoner exchange, prisoners-of-war, prisons, reports, Salisbury Prison, smallpox
Comments Off on 3 March 1865: “With regard to the prison stations at Andersonville, Salisbury and other places south of Richmond[…] We are satisfied that privation, suffering and mortality, to an extent much to be regretted, did prevail among the prisoners there, but they were not the result of neglect, still less of design on the part of the Confederate government.”
11 February 1865: “The delay which all these causes have produced in the payment of the troops, whilst it is painfully regretted by all who appreciate their invaluable services, ought and should be promptly redressed by the action of Congress, and the officers charged with the same.”
Item Description: Report, dated 11 February 1865, of the Special Committee on the Pay and Clothing of the Army, House of Representatives of the Confederate States of America. [Scans courtesy of Internet Archive and Duke University Library. This item can also be found … Continue reading
Posted in Rare Book Collection
Tagged clothing, Confederate Army, reports, soldiers' pay, supplies
Comments Off on 11 February 1865: “The delay which all these causes have produced in the payment of the troops, whilst it is painfully regretted by all who appreciate their invaluable services, ought and should be promptly redressed by the action of Congress, and the officers charged with the same.”
5 February 1865: “We learned from them that the message of President Lincoln to the Congress of the United States, in December last, explains clearly and distinctly his sentiments as to the terms, conditions and method of proceeding, by which peace can be secured to the people…”
Item Description: Report, “Message of the President : to the Senate and House of Representatives of the Confederate States of America (with an Extract from Mr. Lincoln’s message of December last, referred to in the foregoing report)”. [Scans courtesy of Internet Archive … Continue reading
Posted in Rare Book Collection
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Alexander H. Stephens, Confederate States of America, J.A. Campbell, Jefferson Davis, peace, R.M.T. Hunter, reports
Comments Off on 5 February 1865: “We learned from them that the message of President Lincoln to the Congress of the United States, in December last, explains clearly and distinctly his sentiments as to the terms, conditions and method of proceeding, by which peace can be secured to the people…”
12 June 1864: “I am, with the assistance of an engineer officer, Lieutenant [W. R.] King, of the Army, placing torpedoes in the Roanoke River, to be exploded by friction matches.”
Item description: A report from acting Rear Admiral Samuel P. Lee concerning “the placing and trial of torpedoes for defense against the C. S. ram Albemarle.” Item transcription: Report of Acting Rear-Admiral Lee, U. S. Navy, transmitting a report regarding … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged Albemarle Sound, batteries, Confederate Navy, CSS Albemarle, Gideon Welles, Melancton Smith, naval, naval operations, reports, Roanoke River, S.P. Lee, submarines, torpedo, United States Navy
Comments Off on 12 June 1864: “I am, with the assistance of an engineer officer, Lieutenant [W. R.] King, of the Army, placing torpedoes in the Roanoke River, to be exploded by friction matches.”
5 April 1864: “Capt. McCloskey reports the “Falls City” ready for sinking this afternoon…”
Item description: Report, dated 5 April 1864, sent by General Richard Taylor to his superior General Edmund Kirby Smith. The report details Confederate troop strength at this point in the Red River Campaign. [Item transcription available below images.] Item citation: From folder … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged Edmund Kirby-Smith, Louisiana, Red River Campaign, reports, Richard Taylor, Western Theater
Comments Off on 5 April 1864: “Capt. McCloskey reports the “Falls City” ready for sinking this afternoon…”
11 January 1864: “At daylight this morning a steamer was seen beached and burning one mile west of this inlet.”
Item Description: Report by Rear Admiral Samuel Phillips Lee, United States Navy, to Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy, concerning the destruction of the Ranger, a blockade runner, near Lockwoods Folly Inlet, North Carolina. Item Citation: Destruction of blockade-runners. [New … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged blockade, blockade running, Gideon Welles, Lockwoods Folly Inlet, naval operations, North Carolina, Ranger, reports, S.P. Lee, United States Navy
Comments Off on 11 January 1864: “At daylight this morning a steamer was seen beached and burning one mile west of this inlet.”
9 January 1864: “Her cargo apparently was not large, and from the facts gathered it is highly probable that some important and distinguished rebel persons were on board, and the only object of the vessel was to get them safe into rebeldom.”
Item Description: Report by Rear Admiral Samuel Phillips Lee, United States Navy, to Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy, concerning the “destruction of the Steamer Dare,” which was attempting to run the blockade and enter the Port of Wilmington in … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged blockade, blockade running, Gideon Welles, naval operations, reports, S.P. Lee, United States Navy, Wilmington, Wilmington (NC)
Comments Off on 9 January 1864: “Her cargo apparently was not large, and from the facts gathered it is highly probable that some important and distinguished rebel persons were on board, and the only object of the vessel was to get them safe into rebeldom.”
14 December 1863: “I regret exceedingly the unfortunate necessity for throwing our guns overboard, but I am confident that nothing else could have kept the vessel from foundering.”
Item description: Report, dated 14 December 1863, from Lieutenant R.H. Lamson, United States Navy, regarding a fateful trip aboard the ship U.S.S. Nansemond. To read more from the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged Cape Hatteras, R.H. Lamson, reports, ships, U.S.S. Nansemond, United States Navy
Comments Off on 14 December 1863: “I regret exceedingly the unfortunate necessity for throwing our guns overboard, but I am confident that nothing else could have kept the vessel from foundering.”