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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 3. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book I:—the war on the Rapidan. (search)
s wrecked near Masonboroa Inlet on the coast of North Carolina; notwithstanding the efforts of a vessel Two, the Penobscot and the Cambridge.—Ed. sent to her assistance, she was destroyed by the enemy and her crew taken prisoners. On the 23d of February two Union ships, The Dacotah and the Monticello.—Ed. having attempted to attack a blockade-runner at the entrance of Cape Fear River, were driven back by the fire of Fort Caswell, an old Federal work which defended its entrance. At theoarding excitement—were the only things to distract their attention from the monotony of the blockade. Most of them were successful: in the course of one month the Confederates were deprived of five vessels, one of which was captured on the 23d of February in St. Sebastian River; another was destroyed near Mosquito Inlet on the 2d of March; a third in the Ocklockonnee on the 20th; and the last two at Baysport on the 24th. By way of retaliation, two expeditions were repulsed with the loss of s<
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 3. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book II:—--the Mississippi. (search)
to the northward: by worrying their adversaries in Kentucky they keep back the reinforcements which Rosecrans needs in order to assume the offensive. On the 23d of February a band of Confederate mounted men advance to within a few miles of Lexington, and only stop at Athens, south-west of this city, before the forces that have be, who has already taken position at Nolinsville, is to advance by way of Triune upon Harpeth, in order to support and connect the two other columns. On the 23d of February, Van Dorn, as if he had foreseen Rosecrans' intentions, was marching with all his forces from Columbia to Spring Hill, and preparing to take the offensive on and it was accessible to vessels of heavy draught. Notwithstanding the accidental loss of one of his steamers, the Kinsman, which sank before Brashear on the 23d of February, Banks made this town his base of operations, and by the end of March he had collected in it all the troops he was able to bring into the field. Several vess