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Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War. 158 0 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 105 3 Browse Search
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) 76 0 Browse Search
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles. Volume 1. 68 0 Browse Search
James Barnes, author of David G. Farragut, Naval Actions of 1812, Yank ee Ships and Yankee Sailors, Commodore Bainbridge , The Blockaders, and other naval and historical works, The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 6: The Navy. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller) 62 4 Browse Search
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 2. 58 0 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 11. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 48 0 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 4. (ed. Frank Moore) 40 2 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 3. (ed. Frank Moore) 40 2 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 13. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 36 0 Browse Search
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Browsing named entities in The Daily Dispatch: may 23, 1861., [Electronic resource]. You can also browse the collection for Hampton Roads (Virginia, United States) or search for Hampton Roads (Virginia, United States) in all documents.

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The Daily Dispatch: may 23, 1861., [Electronic resource], War matters. (search)
picket. There are three companies of infantry and one of dragoons, it is said, at Hampton.--There may be a larger force, but it is not likely. The Harriet Lane and Monticello will prevent the transportation of any guns or munitions of war from Norfolk to Hampton to assist in an attack on the fort. It is hardly known how many men there are encamped about us, but we can see from the parapets the white tents of a Georgia regiment gleaming in the green woods on the Virginia shore, across Hampton Roads. The young Cumberland, under command of Boatswain Bell--now Captain Bell--of the Cumberland, frequently runs near in shore and looks over the camp, but has not been fired into as yet, although the visits seem to be received by the Georgians with bad grace. A sharp look-out is kept on their movements. We are not living so well at present in the Fortress as we could wish. The Governor of Virginia has given orders to cut off the sale of fresh provisions, vegetables, eggs, and, in sh
The Daily Dispatch: may 23, 1861., [Electronic resource], The battle of Buena Vista. (search)
The First attack on Sewell's Point battery.a Northern account. The following account of the first engagement at Sewell's Point, on Saturday last, is from the Washington Republican, (Government organ.) It is about as wide of the mark as were the balls from the Federal steamer, so far as the effect of the assault is concerned : Hampton Roads and their neighborhood are lively with business. Saturday witnessed the actual opening of the war on the part of the United States--the assault upon the battery at Sewell's Point, the exterior of a line of batteries which guard the Elizabeth river, the approach to Norfolk. There are seven batteries now in position, all protected by scientifically constructed works. The heaviest is that at Craney Island, mounting thirty guns. Two batteries farther inland mount twelve and fifteen guns, respectively. The remaining batteries are provided with from seven to ten guns each. These guns are a part of the spoils of the navy-yard at Norfolk, wh