Election era dispatches and naval exploits in 1868
Reconnaissance on the Potomac right wing reports a successful operation. The column recounts Federal actions: Queen of the West exploits at Vicksburg, rammed batteries and repelled by rebels, with ironclads ready to follow. Washington items note nominations, post office reforms, and currency policy amid Civil War strain.
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Committee On Conduct
Potomac
Ita
Ani
Owere
Mipcouri
Taup
Wilson
Carlisle
McNeil
Ilas
Hindman
Geheral McNeil
Virginia
Willey
Missouri
Euch
Northwest
Powell
Davis
Border State
Congress
Herald Dispatch
Huang
Anux
Official dispatches recount Charleston affair and river actions
From Washington Feb 9 reports Admiral Dupont endorses the Mercidita and Keystone damage accounts after a thick fog engagement off Charleston. Mercidite crew paroled. ships repair at Port Royal. Rams disabled both vessels, steam ruptured and casualties. Keystone heavily damaged, many killed or scorched by escaping steam. Further notes from Vicksburg discuss gunboat tactics, river ice, and Confederate action along the Yazoo.
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Charleston
Wassington
Dupont
Keystone
Port Royal
Beiog
Pogn
Hopistonic
Rae
Port Royal naval action report from Oginchee river
A Port Royal letter describes Montauk in days of engagement against an ironclad battery on the Oginchee river. Rebels use heavier guns and steel shot. turret shots glance off. Worden aims to demolish parapet and seize the battery shielding the Nashville while the Passaic nears Warsaw Sound and the Fingal ram is nearby. Potapsco and Weehawken await orders as Port Royal harbors fills with ships and troops under Gen. Foster.
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New York
Port Royal
Montauk
Oginchee River
Worden
Nashville
Passaic
Warsaw Sound
Fingal
Potapsco
Weehawken
Gen. Foster
Bakers Detective “Corps
Potomac
Leonardstown
Maryland
Washington
Fort McAlister
New Ogceané
South Pass
Sabine Pass
The Queen of the West Harasses the River Route
Dispatches from Charleston note alarms as citizens flee rumors of Confederate threats. A Federal ram near Natchez disperses rebels and proceeds downstream, destroying obstacles with batteries failing to slow it. Rebel reports from Fredericksburg warn of a potential Yankee annihilation by a sudden raid.
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New York
Charleston
Cadmus
Jackson
Vicksburg
Natchez
Fredericksburg
New Orleans Dispatches on Confederate Movements and Incidents
A New Orleans letter to the World reports wagon trains for the Confederate army extending from Monterey to San Louis Potosi nearly 1000 miles from San Antonio. Goods cross the Rio Grande at Fort Demarera. European medicines arrive for Matamoras. Telegraph notes: the Hertiet Lane and gunboat Westfield incidents near Galveston. Mutinous rumors among troops at Ship Island. The steamer North Star and the Ella Warley collision results in fatalities. Banks remains active, Port Hudson lines strengthened, local banks resist greenbacks, Neal Dow cited for theft. Morning Light capture details arrive after rebel actions.
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New Orleans
New York
Monterey
San Louis Potosi
San Antonio
Rio Grande
Fort Demarera
Europe
Matamoras
Paywaster Fitch
Tennessee
Hertiet
Houston
Westfield
Galveston “Bay
Ship Island
North Ster
Woodland’s
Ella Warley
Warley
N. C
Gen. Banks
Port Hudson
Neal Dow
Bombardment and reconnaissance at Fort McAlister details
Fort McAlister bombardment continued into morning as the Montauk and other vessels engaged the fortification on the Ogechee river Georgia. Turret testing and damage reports noted the thick earthworks with no breach, while pilots faced arrests at South Pass and treasure reports surfaced from California.
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Orden
Montauk
Fort
Peremptory Orders Forge Island Landing Ban
New York reports Gen Wool forbids officers and soldiers from landings on Governors Island except the commanding officer and bars civilians from landing there. Large ammunition shipments to the island are noted. Washington dispatches note Confederate river fortifications near Vicksburg but lacking guns for all works. Port Royal salients report City of Bath arriving with troops. Cahawba nears harbor as fleet waits for fog to lift.
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New York
Wool
Governor’s Island
Washington
Vicksburg
Herald
Washington Dispatch
Congress
Bort Royal
Port Royal New South
City of
Bath
Blockade news from Charleston amid rebel ram attacks
Feb 8 Putapeirata. The iron steamer Princess Royal arrived with intelligence on the Charleston blockade and rebel attack. Dispatches suggest the blockade remained effective, with only a few vessels disabled. Rebels cursed and pressed boarding actions as our fleet repelled two ironclads near Stone Inlet, with the Mercidita and a boiler injury reported.
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Putapeirata
Princess Royal
Farr
Navy Yard
Charleston
Princess Rayal
Royal
Beach Inlet
Alabama
Florida
Stone Inlet
Mercidita
Btellwagen Nee
Nia Matt Boats
Tou Lo Wi
Rem
Stellwagen
Port Royal
Aome
Houstonic
Thurston
Port Roys
Memphis
Charleton
Key Stone
Pérs
Montauk
Fort McAlister
Rebel attack and ironclad actions near Port Royal
The narrative describes a Confederate assault where a ship appears sinking but deception holds. The USS Housatonic, Keystone State, and others faced fire, with the Montauk and Princess Royal involved. Casualties ranged, with ships damaged but some repairs planned and reinforcements arriving at Port Royal.
Formidable expedition to attack Charleston reported
News from Rebeldam New York February 9 notes a British frigate Cadmus delivering intelligence of a large naval and land expedition forming to attack Charleston. Troops gathered at Port Royal, drawn mainly from the North Carolina coast, with the Ironsides off the bar. Yankee forces threaten shipping, and consular orders push Robert Bunch toward Havana.
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Rebeldam
New York
Richmond, Examiner
Enquirer
DuaRieston
Cadmus
Charleston
Robert Bunch
Havanus
Port Royal
North Carolina
Wicassora
Port Aow
Warrentoh
Chattnooga
Dechard
Murfreesboro
Johnston
Army of Tennessee
Negro Volunteers Fight and Win at Scrub Bay’s Bluff
Reports from New Orleans describe a clash off St Marys near Scrub Bay where rebel cavalry attacked three companies of colored South Carolina volunteers aboard the steamer John Adams. Negro troops repelled boarding attempts. their sergeant killed the captain, and 20 rebels fell with 7 prisoners taken. The steamer remained unharmed.
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New Orleans
Rio Grande
Matamoras
Tampico
Fort Clinch
St. Mary's
Scrubby’s
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