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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 9. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 72 (search)
nd from the energetic and enthusiastic cooperation of this officer, the expedition was immediately provisioned for all contingencies. The frigate Powhatan, Captain Mercer, sailed on the sixth of April, 1861; the Pawnee, Commander Rowan, on the ninth; the Pocahontas, Captain Gillis, on the tenth; the Harriet Lane, Captain FaunceI would answer for it; that the Government did not expect any such gallant sacrifice, having settled maturely upon the policy indicated in the instructions to Captain Mercer and myself. No other naval vessels arrived during this day; but the steamer Nashville, from New-York, and a number of merchant-vessels, reached the bar, and nced to fit her out, and load her for entering the harbor the following night. I now learned, for the first time, that Captain Rowan had received a note from Captain Mercer, of the Powhatan, dated at New-York, the sixth, the day he sailed, stating that the Powhatan was detached, by order of superior authority, from the duty to wh
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Index (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), M (search)
215, 236 seq., 246, 248, 366; II., 182, 188, 341, 350; III., 330; IV., 49; V., 164; VI., 3,5, 222, 14; VIII., 208; McClernand's corps at, X., 11. Memphis,, U. S. S., II., 330. Memphis and Charleston R. R.: II., 147, 152; III., 16. Men who policed the Federals, VII., 191. Men who shod a million horses, IV., 68, 69. Mendell, G. H., V., 242. Mendota,, U. S. S.: VI., 13, 63; the Parrott gun of, VI., 275; men on the, VI., 278. Mercer, H. W., X., 263. Mercer, S., VI., 100. Merchants' Association of Boston, Mass., IX., 31. Merchants that followed the armies, VIII., 33. Mercidita,, U. S. S.: II., 330; VI., 239, 272, 318. Mercury,, U. S. S., II., 162. Meredith, S.: II., 241; X., 125. Meredith, S. A., VII., 101, 114. Meredith, W. T., author of poem Farragut, IX., 102. Meridian, Miss.: II., 341, 348; III., 221; IV., 198. Meridian Hill, Washington, D. C. , New York Seventh, camp of, VIII., 67.
The Daily Dispatch: April 8, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 7 (search)
bstituted in his place. The vessels hereafter named are either in commission or under orders, and all of them will be ready for active service within one week: Name.Captain.Guns. Steam frigate Roanoke40 Steam frigate MinnesotaG. J. Van Brunt40 Steam frigate Wabash40 Steam frigate Merrimac40 Frigate SabineH. A. Adams50 Sloop-of-war CumberlandJohn Marston24 Sloop-of-war St. LouisC. H. Poor20 Steam sloop BrooklynW. S. Walker25 Steam sloop Mississippi11 Steam sloop PowhatanS. Mercer11 Steam sloop PawneeS. C. Rowan4 Steam sloop PocahontasS. F. Hazard5 Steam sloop Wyandot5 Steam sloop MohawkLieut. Strong5 Steam sloop CrusaderLieut. Craven8 Brin Perry8 Brig Dolphin4 Cutter Harrict LaneJohn Faunce5 Steamer Water Witch3 Total346 The Powhatan is a first class wheel steamer of 2,415 tons burthen, and was built at Gosport in 1850. She carries 11 guns and about 300 officers and men. Her service list includes two general cruises and one special cruise. She