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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)
blockade at that place, and in the inlets to the southward. It was to be another raid on the blockades, like that of the 31st of January; but the vessel to be employed was much more powerful. Dupont, however, was careful to be well informed, and the experience of the previous winter had not been lost. The double-ender Cimmerone was at this time maintaining the blockade alone, and two monitors were despatched to Wassaw, the Weehawken, under Captain John Rodgers, and the Nahant, under Commander Downes. The Weehawken had already won an enviable fame, and was known throughout the squadron as a vessel that was always ready for any service and always handled with masterly skill. Early on the morning of the 17th of June, the ironclad was discovered coming down the river. She was accompanied by two steamers, filled with spectators who had come out in the confident expectation of witnessing the speedy destruction of the Federal fleet. It was to be a spectacle, a party of pleasure, lik
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), Index. (search)
nfederate Government, naval policy of, 168 et seq.; its agents abroad, 182 Congress, the, 60 et seq.; taken, 64; burned, 65 Craven, Commodore, commands Potomac flotilla, 87 et seq. Crocker, Acting Master, commands expedition to Sabine River, 142 et seq. Crosman, Lieutenant, 124 et seq. Cumberland, the, 48, 52, 60 et seq.; sunk by the Merrimac, 63 et seq. Cushing, Captain, daring exploits of, 94 et seq., 101, 161 Cuyler, the, 122, 135, 139 Dahlgren, Admiral, 105 Downes, Commander, 117 et seq. Dupont, Admiral, 90, 105, 115 Ericsson, John, plans monitor, 55 Farragut, Admiral, 90, 123, 141, 145 et seq., 148, 150 Florida, blockade of, 124 et seq. Florida, the, fights the Massachusetts, 132; runs blockade of Mobile, 137 et seq., 184 et seq.; captured at Bahia, 187 Flusser, Lieutenant-Commander, 97; killed, 98 Fisher, Fort, 90 Fox, Captain Gustavus V., 61 (note), 66 (note), 234 et seq. Freeborn, the, 86 Galveston, Tex., blockaded, 35, 140 et