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Tag Archives: United States Navy
2 May 1864: “I earnestly hope we may have a chance to fight…for the other thousands of anguished hearts…& also the cherishing of those passions of hatred & revenge which it would promote & encourage.
Item Description: Letter, 2 May 1864 and continued 11 May 1864, from Jonathan Lewis Whitaker to his wife, Julia A. Wells Whitaker, updating her on the conditions in his camp his well-being. Whitaker was an Orange County, N.Y., physician serving as a … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged 26th United States Colored Troops, crops, doctors, dreams, food, Jonathan Lewis Whitaker, prayer meeting, preaching, United States Navy, water, weather
Comments Off on 2 May 1864: “I earnestly hope we may have a chance to fight…for the other thousands of anguished hearts…& also the cherishing of those passions of hatred & revenge which it would promote & encourage.
3 April 1864: “I am glad Dixie is learning to sing and I wish it was summer, so he could hear other birds sing.”
Item Description: Letter, 3 April 1864, from James Gifford to his parents, describing the burning of Cape Lookout lighthouse, the rations on his ship, his duties, and how to “take snuff” like a Southern lady. Gifford, a United States Navy paymaster steward, … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged Beaufort, Beaufort (N.C.) Harbor, birds, Cape Lookout Lighthouse, James Gifford, mess halls, pets, rations, snuff, Union ships, United States Navy
Comments Off on 3 April 1864: “I am glad Dixie is learning to sing and I wish it was summer, so he could hear other birds sing.”
25 March 1864: “The articles captured by this vessel consist of 1 small schooner, 1 sloop, 1 boat, 107 sacks of corn, 2 sacks of wheat, 1 sack of oats, 6 sacks of salt, 5 kegs of salt, 5 boxes of tobacco, 15 pair oyster tongs, 12 plows, 1 cultivator, 100 plow points, 46 plowshares, and 15 molding boards.”
Item description: “Report of Lieutenant-Commander Babcock, U.S. Navy, regarding the disposition of prizes taken in York and Severn rivers.” 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 agriculture, blockade, blockade running, Charles A. Babcock, food, naval, naval operations, prizes, S.P. Lee, Severn River, United States Navy, USS Morse, Virginia, York River, Yorktown
Comments Off on 25 March 1864: “The articles captured by this vessel consist of 1 small schooner, 1 sloop, 1 boat, 107 sacks of corn, 2 sacks of wheat, 1 sack of oats, 6 sacks of salt, 5 kegs of salt, 5 boxes of tobacco, 15 pair oyster tongs, 12 plows, 1 cultivator, 100 plow points, 46 plowshares, and 15 molding boards.”
1 March 1864: “This Harbor is under Military Rules and Regulations, and the following are published for the better government of Vessels while in this Harbor”
Item Description: Rules and regulations for Union occupied Beaufort, North Carolina’s harbor. The broadside lists ten rules and regulations governing ship channel to railroad dock, up New Port River to Gallons Point, and around to Beaufort; anchorages for gunboats, army … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged Beaufort, Beaufort (N.C.) Harbor, broadsides, Charles H. Bowen, John J. Bowen, naval, naval operations, United States Navy, US Navy
Comments Off on 1 March 1864: “This Harbor is under Military Rules and Regulations, and the following are published for the better government of Vessels while in this Harbor”
27 February 1864: “…for the old light-boats now at Plymouth, to obstruct the Neuse and Roanoke rivers, in order to prevent the rebel ironclads said to be building up those rivers coming down to assist…”
Item description: “Letter from Acting Rear-Admiral Lee, U. S. Navy, to the chairman of the Light-House Board, regarding channel buoys in Beaufort Harbor, and the use of old light-boats as obstructions.” To read more from the Official Records of the … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged Beaufort, blockade, coal, coastal areas, ironclads, lightboats, lighthouses, naval, naval operations, New Bern (N.C.), Plymouth (N.C.), S.P. Lee, U.S.S. Minnesota, United States Navy, US Navy
Comments Off on 27 February 1864: “…for the old light-boats now at Plymouth, to obstruct the Neuse and Roanoke rivers, in order to prevent the rebel ironclads said to be building up those rivers coming down to assist…”
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.”
15 October 1863: “Yankee Views of Charleston”
Item description: Newspaper article, “Yankee Views of Charleston,” as published in the Hillsborough Recorder on 4 November 1863 . The Recorder‘s article is a reprint of a report from Washington, D.C., that appeared in the [New York?] Herald on 15 … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged blockade, blockade running, Charleston, Charleston (S.C.), Charleston Harbor, Confederate Navy, ironclads, naval, naval operations, The Hillsborough Recorder, The New York Herald, United States Navy, war correspondents
Comments Off on 15 October 1863: “Yankee Views of Charleston”