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James Russell Soley, Professor U. S. Navy, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 7.1, The blockade and the cruisers (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 2 0 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: August 13, 1863., [Electronic resource] 1 1 Browse Search
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James Russell Soley, Professor U. S. Navy, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 7.1, The blockade and the cruisers (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 4: (search)
arter port, and pressed over them. As it approached the side of the ram, the torpedo-spar was lowered; and going ahead slowly until the torpedo was well under the Albemarle's bottom, Cushing detached it with a vigorous pull. Waiting until he could feel the torpedo rising slowly and touching the vessel, he pulled the trigger-line and exploded it. At the same second, as it seemed to those in the boat, the Albemarle's gun was fired, while the launch was within a dozen feet of the muzzle. To Cashing it seemed that the shot went crashing through his boat, though in fact she was not touched. A column of water, thrown up by the explosion of the torpedo, fell in the launch, and the latter, being entangled in the logs, could not be extricated. When he saw that he could not bring the boat off, Cushing, after refusing to surrender, ordered the crew to save themselves, and taking off his coat and shoes, jumped into the river. Others followed his example; but all returned except three, Wo
The Daily Dispatch: August 13, 1863., [Electronic resource], Later from the North. (search)
uthorized to announce that Gen. Johnson proposes issuing writs of election for a Legislature, at the very earliest practicable day. The expedition up James river was accompanied by the turret iron-clad Sangamon and gunboats Com. Barney and Cohasset. A torpedo was exploded under the bows of the Barney, lifting them completely out of the water, and throwing a great quantity of water high in the air, which fell upon the deck of the boat, washing overboard fifteen of her men, including Lt. Cashing, the commanding officer. Maj-Gen Foster was upon this boat. The Barney and Cohasset were injured by shots from field pieces. Returns from 38 counties in Kentucky show a Union majority of 20,350. Parson Brown low, on the testimony of a surgeon recently returned from Richmond, states that Gov. Alken, of S. C., is a prisoner in the Libby prison, his crime being persistent fidelity to the Union. The surgeon states that he was confined in the same room with Gov. Aiken and had many