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Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 1., Chapter 7: Secession Conventions in six States. (search)
s, the stronger, less liable to be attacked, and the one that might most easily be re-enforced. It was arranged for Armstrong to send the steamship Wyandot, Captain Berryman, to take the little garrison from the Barrancas to Fort Pickens, increase the force by as many men as could be spared from the Navy Yard, and order the Wyandof Cuba, and the latter to her final destination off Vera Cruz, with coals and stores for the Home Squadron there. He remonstrated, but in vain. That night Captain Berryman sent him some muskets which he had procured, with difficulty, from the Navy Yard, to arm his seamen; and Captain Walke assured him that he would afford him ad delineation of a casemate, seen from the interior of the Fort. Sometimes they are made only large enough for a gun and the gunners. strange restrictions. Captain Berryman was ordered not to fire a shot unless his vessel should be attacked. In case Pickens should be assailed, the Wyandot must be a passive spectator! She might
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 3. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 137 (search)
event the crossing of reinforcements from Columbus, insuring his capture as well as defeat. The Thirtieth and Thirty-first and the artillery, moving forward, promptly relieved the skirmishing parties, and soon became engaged with a heavy body of the enemy's infantry and cavalry. The struggle, which was continued for half an hour with great severity, threw our ranks into temporary disorder; but the men promptly rallied under the gallant example of Colonels Fouke and Logan, assisted by Major Berryman, Acting Assistant Adjutant-General of my brigade; also by Capt. Schwartz, Acting Chief of Artillery, Capt. Dresser, of the artillery, Lieut. Babcock, of the Second cavalry, and Lieut. Eddy, of the Twenty-ninth Illinois regiment, who had, upon my invitation, kindly joined my staff. Our men pressed vigorously upon the enemy and drove them back, their cavalry leaving that part of the field and not appearing again until attacked by Capt. Dollins, on the river bank below their encampment, an
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 18. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 24 (search)
weather reports daily. (See letters on all these subjects on file at the Naval Observatory from 1847 to 1860.) In 1848-49 Maury prophesied the existence of a plateau under the Atlantic, and suggested that a sub-marine telegraphic cable uniting the two continents might be laid there. He urged the Secretary of the Navy to have soundings made there under his direction to ascertain the truth of his theory. This was done. In 1851-52 three small vessels were placed at his disposal, and Lieutenant Berryman's soundings fully demonstrated the existence of the telegraphic plateau. Maury's suggestion of a fascicle of copper wires within a coating of gutta percha, the whole to be no larger than a ladies' finger, was adopted. He also invented a machine for coiling and laying the cable, and in fine, as Cyrus W. Field said at a public dinner in New York, given to celebrate the arrival of the first message, Maury furnished the brains, England gave the money, and I did the work. The cable comp
The Daily Dispatch: February 4, 1861., [Electronic resource], The National crisis. (search)
hot or shell. Every arrangement has been made, not only for the protection of the men, but for receiving the balls of Sumter with the least possible damage. Latest from Pensacola. A letter in the Mobile Tribune, dated Pensacola, Jan. 22d, gives some interesting intelligence from that point: The Wyandotte, carrying four guns, is lying off Fort Pickens. She was ordered in for repairs, and cannot fire her guns with safety.--She could easily be captured by boarding her. Lieut, Berryman, her commander, is friendly to the South, and a very much respected gentleman. His men say that they are "working for those who pay best." The rumor of the arrival of the Macedonian was occasioned by the Wyandotte's having to put to sea on account of bad weather, and on her return she was hailed as the Macedonian. Lieut. Slimmer is a New Englander by birth. Report says that he wears gold spectacles and plays on the fiddle. He has not been a favorite here. It is believed that
The Daily Dispatch: February 9, 1861., [Electronic resource], The National Crisis. (search)
ho came for the purpose of apologizing to our Colonel for taking the mattress he slept on. Slimmer having sent, with the Colonel's permission, for all private property, which the Colonel promptly gave up. Lieut. Slimmer is a fine looking man, of about 35 years old, wearing spectacles. He says he regrets the hostile attitude of the two sections, and hopes for a peaceable settlement, but intends doing his duty under any emergency.--Lieut. Gilman has been here and dined with the Colonel. Lieut. Berryman, of the U. S. steamship Wyandotte, came here the other day and took Captains Winter, Andrews, Dixon, Maj. Marks, Dr. Semple, and others aboard his ship, and sailed them all around Pickens, gave them elegant wine, &c. They speak very highly of them as high-toned gentlemen. Another correspondent, writing from Fort Moultrie, says: The signal for dress parade was given, when the 1st Regiment of S. C. Volunteers assembled on the front beach, almost under the very guns of Fort Sum
The Daily Dispatch: February 7, 1861., [Electronic resource], The National crisis. (search)
been made to the marines to join the secessionist forces, with the alternative of expulsion in case of a refusal. The personal property of the force at Fort Pickens, furniture, carpets, pianos belonging to the officers' wives, books, clothing, &c., were, under the flag of truce, conveyed on board the Supply. The steamer Wyandot has been cruising in the bay, rendering assistance in many different ways to the force under Lieutenant Slemmer's command at Fort Pickens. Captain (commanding) Berryman is at present assisted in the officer corps by only two engineers, all the other officers having resigned. His guard of sixteen marines he transferred to Fort Pickens, increasing the force there to about eighty men. The Wyandot will cruise in the neighborhood of the fort until reinforcements arrive, or until its possessors are compelled by an attack to abandon it. In the latter event the guns of the fort will be spiked and the fort itself blown up, while the garrison by means of boats can