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The Daily Dispatch: July 2, 1861., [Electronic resource], Fifteen Dollars reward. (search)
iking the blow having arrived, Col. Thomas threw off his disguise, appeared in his uniform, and ordering his men to do their duty, the steamer in five minutes was a prize to the forces of the Confederate States. The Captain and crew surrendered without striking a blow, and were confined without trouble.--They appeared over whelmed with surprise. Captain Geo. N. Hollins, late United States Navy, who had gone aboard at Point Lookout, then assumed command of the steamer and ran her into Cone river, expecting to meet the Tennesses Regiment and jointly commence further operations against the enemy. The Tennessesans, however, did not arrive on the ground till late Saturday morning. It was then too late for any demonstration up the river as originally intended, and the steamer was headed down the stream. On her passage she captured two schooners and one brig. Each had a crew of about ten men, who were taken prisoners. One of the vessels was loaded with 3,500 bage of coffee, anoth
The Daily Dispatch: July 2, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 2 (search)
have made them fall of their object: Capt. Hollins and Mr. Thomas were to go to Baltimore, take passage with twenty-five or thirty chosen men on board the St. Nicholas, and as soon as she had entered the Potomac and arrived at the mouth of Cone River, to overpower the crew and embark five hundred Tennesseeans, who were to meet them at this point. They were then to sail up the Potomac with the United States flag waving at their mast-head, and then perform the grand act in the drama. The lacarried into effect.--Capt. Hollins determined, however, not to lose all his labor. So when they were at the month of the Potomac, at a preconcerted signal his men rose up, took possession of the steamer, and steering straight for the month of Cone River, they soon reached the place pre-arranged as the point where the Tennesseeans were to join them. Hollins informed them of the failure of their original design. He then returned to the bay and scoured it, capturing the following prizes in addi
The Daily Dispatch: July 2, 1861., [Electronic resource], Ten Dollars reward. (search)
important considerations (which he will understand) that I can forbear calling his name. He will receive the reward due him from another and more pleasing source. The steamer, after undergoing a change of commanders and crew, proceeded to Cone river to await reinforcements and to execute the remainder of the mission for which she was captured; but owing to some mismanagement or misunderstanding, was compelled to leave undone the most important part of the programme. She left Cone river SaCone river Saturday, and while proceeding down the Bay to the mouth of the Rappahannock, captured two schooners--one named Margaret, of New York, ladened with coal from Alexandria, to Staten Island; the other, Mary Pierce, of Boston, ladened with 268 tons of ice, for Washington. The latter proves a very valuable acquisition, as our stock of ice is growing very small. The Virginia captured a schooner, the name of which I could not learn, ladened with coffee, from Rio, for Baltimore; and, as the neutrality o
The Daily Dispatch: July 5, 1861., [Electronic resource], The Sailor and the actress. (search)
l, [not editorial, only the detailed report gathered by the reporter from such sources as were accessible.--Eds. Dispatch,] which in my opinion does injustice to those under my command in the late expedition, which resulted in the capture of the steamer St. Nicholas and other valuable prizes.--The objectionable part of the article is as follows: "Capt. Geo. N. Hollins, late United States Navy, who had gone aboard at Point Lookout, then assumed command of the steamer and ran her into Cone river, expecting to meet the Tennessee Regiment and jointly commence further operations against the enemy. The Tennesseeans, however, did not arrive on the ground till late Saturday morning. It was then too late for any demonstration up the river as originally intended, and the steamer was headed down the stream. On her passage she captured two schooners and one brig. Each had a crew of about ten men, who were taken prisoners." You state "the Tennesseeans, however, did not arrive on the
The Daily Dispatch: July 9, 1861., [Electronic resource], Ranaway (search)
yet I suspected nothing of the truth, supposing that a Government boat was boarding her for the purpose of inquiry, and I went below to see the proceedings. Judge of my astonishment, then, when I saw about fifteen men, armed with carbines, revolvers and bowie knives, standing in battle array, and in full possession of the boat.--The lights were then extinguished, guards placed over the different parts of the boat, and her course directed to the Virginia shore. We reached the wharf in Cone river about 3½ o'clock in the morning. Here we were boarded by several Virginia officers, and shortly the 2d Tennessee regiment made its appearance.--They were well armed with rifles and bowie-knives, and were anxious to meet the Federal troops to test the accuracy of their rifles and the virtue of their steel. They had marched twenty miles the night before through the mud and rain, and were "spiling" for a fight. Throughout the whole night not a single act of rudeness was perpetrated, all th