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Tag Archives: ships
25 October 1862: “On board these two steamers are three thousand soldiers with arms and accoutrements. We are the same as defenceless.”
Item description: Published letter, dated 25 October 1862, written by Corporal Zenas T. Haines, Company D, 44th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment. The letter is an excerpt from Haines’ account, Letters from the Forty-Fourth Regiment M.V.M.: A Record of the Experience of a … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged 44th Massachusetts, 44th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, Books, Company E, John Jasper Wyeth, Massachusetts, North Carolina, published accounts, ships, steamers, United States Navy, Zenas T. Haines
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2 April 1862: “These boats may not be heavily plated, but if fitted as rams they would be very formidable against my slight little craft.”
Item description: Report of Commander Rowan, U. S. Navy, regarding the construction by the enemy of three ironclad gunboats. To read more from the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion, click here. … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged Commander S. C. Rowan, Confederate Navy, Elizabeth City, Gunboats, ironclads, naval, naval operations, New Bern, North Carolina, ships, sounds, United States Navy
Comments Off on 2 April 1862: “These boats may not be heavily plated, but if fitted as rams they would be very formidable against my slight little craft.”
8 February 1862: Map of the Battlefield of Roanoke Island
Item description: Detailed map of Roanoke Island battlefield in North Carolina, showing the placement of Confederate and Union troops, with a map of Roanoke Island and vicinity showing the location of forts, gun boats, and transport ships. Item citation: “Map … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged battle, battles, coastal areas, fortifications, forts, maps, North Carolina, Roanoke Island, ships
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22 December 1861: “A camp is visible about halfway from the mouth of the river to Yorktown, the drums of which we can distinctly hear morning and evening.”
Item description: Report of Acting Master Studley, U. S. Navy, commanding U. S. S. Young Rover, regarding batteries on the York and Poquosin rivers, and the crossing by small boats of the York River. To read more from the Official … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged batteries, fortifications, forts, Ira B. Studley, ships, United States Navy, USS Young Rover, Virginia, York River, Yorktown
Comments Off on 22 December 1861: “A camp is visible about halfway from the mouth of the river to Yorktown, the drums of which we can distinctly hear morning and evening.”
7 November 1861: “our Ships passed back & forth each time dealing death to the Enemy.”
Item Description: Entry, 7 November 1861, of the log book for the U.S. Steamer Augusta, kept by Eugene Whittemore, a surgeon’s assistant on the ship. The log book includes a daily record of naval operations, activities of the ship’s men, … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged blockade, log books, ships, South Carolina, steamers, United States Navy, USS Augusta
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16 October 1861: “Thursday the weather was pleasant but the sea was rather rough making the ship roll quite heavily having a great many lands men on board there was a great deal of sea sickness”
Item description: First entry, 16 October 1861, of the log book for the U.S. Steamer Augusta, kept by Eugene Whittemore, a surgeon’s assistant on the ship. The log book includes a daily record of naval operations, activities of the ship’s … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged blockade, Fort Monroe, log books, ships, United States Navy, USS Augusta
Comments Off on 16 October 1861: “Thursday the weather was pleasant but the sea was rather rough making the ship roll quite heavily having a great many lands men on board there was a great deal of sea sickness”
6 August 1861: “yesterday our town was in a very great state of excitement, early in the morning a few of us went to the top of Dr. Clay’s house to take a look at the blockading vessels which are seen almost every day…”
Item description: Photostat of a letter, dated 6 August 1861, from Norman Brownson, Fernandina, Fla., to Henry Summer, Newberry, S.C., giving news from Fernandina and describing military bustle and blockade running in Florida. [Item transcription available below images.] Item citation: … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged blockade, blockade running, brigs, Fernandina, Florida, Henry Summer, Norman Brownson, Privateer Jeff Davis, Privateer Jefferson Davis, ships
Comments Off on 6 August 1861: “yesterday our town was in a very great state of excitement, early in the morning a few of us went to the top of Dr. Clay’s house to take a look at the blockading vessels which are seen almost every day…”
4 June 1861: “Authority be given to purchase the three (3) boats.”
Item description: Telegram from Walter Gwynn, Norfolk, Va., to North Carolina Gov. John W. Ellis asking Ellis to authorize the purchase of three warships. Item citation: From folder 11 of the John Willis Ellis Papers, #242, Southern Historical Collection, The … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged Confederate Navy, John W. Ellis, Kahukee, mobilization, Norfolk, North Carolina, ships, steamers, Walter Gwynn
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14 May 1861: “…all prizes of vessels and property captured by private armed ships…”
Item description: “AN ACT Regulating the sale of Prizes, and the distribution thereof.” No. 126. Item transcription: [click here to view a full transcription of the acts and resolutions via Documenting the American South] Item citation: From Acts and resolutions … Continue reading
Posted in Rare Book Collection
Tagged Confederate States of America, letters of marque, privateers, prizes, Provisional Congress, ships
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