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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) 182 0 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 19. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 74 0 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2 62 0 Browse Search
The Annals of the Civil War Written by Leading Participants North and South (ed. Alexander Kelly McClure) 60 0 Browse Search
Elias Nason, McClellan's Own Story: the war for the union, the soldiers who fought it, the civilians who directed it, and his relations to them. 31 1 Browse Search
John G. Nicolay, A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln, condensed from Nicolay and Hayes' Abraham Lincoln: A History 30 0 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 11. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 28 0 Browse Search
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles. Volume 1. 24 0 Browse Search
Caroline E. Whitcomb, History of the Second Massachusetts Battery of Light Artillery (Nims' Battery): 1861-1865, compiled from records of the Rebellion, official reports, diaries and rosters 20 0 Browse Search
The writings of John Greenleaf Whittier, Volume 4. (ed. John Greenleaf Whittier) 18 0 Browse Search
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s from Norfolk left last night in a row boat, and arrived at half-past 7 o'clock this morning. There is little news except a repetition of previous reports. Commodore Tatnall received sealed orders on Monday and sailed, but opening them in Elizabeth river, found he was ordered to run the blockade and proceed to York River. He therefore returned to Norfolk and immediately resigned his commission, together with his chief officers. There was general expectation in Norfolk that the Merrimac would come out for the last three or four days. Refugees say that there are several hundred Union men in Norfolk known to be such, and many others who keep quiet, including many of the soldiers. There are six or seven thousand troops under Gen. Huger between Pinpoint and Norfolk. Three companies in Portsmouth rebelled and stacked arms a few days since. It is also reported that part of Gen. Magruder's forces had mutinied at Williams's Bay. A torpedo has been constructed at N