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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events, Diary from December 17, 1860 - April 30, 1864 (ed. Frank Moore), 1862, June (search)
June 15. The rebel General J. E. B. Stuart, with a cavalry force, left the rebel lines near Richmond, Va., on the thirteenth, and rode through the lines of the right wing of the Union army in front of Richmond to Garlick's Landing, Pamunkey River, where he burned two schooners. Thence to Tunstall's station, where he fired into, but failed to capture, a railroad train; thence rode around the left wing of the Union army, and into Richmond again to-day.--(Doc. 67.) Lieutenant commanding Howell, in the Union gunboat Tahoma, accompanied by Lieut. Commanding English, in the Somerset, crossed the bar of Saint Mark's River, Florida, and drove out a company of rebel artillery, with four or five field-pieces, from a fort near the lighthouse on that river, afterwards landing and burning the fort with the buildings used as barracks.--Official Report.
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), Naval chronology 1861-1865: important naval engagements of the Civil war March, 1861-June, 1865 (search)
James River. The Galena was badly damaged, and lost 17 men killed and about 20 wounded. The large rifled gun of the E. A. Stevens burst. June, 1862. June 6, 1862. Engagement between the Federal gunboats and rams and the Confed. rams in front of Memphis, in which all of the latter but one were sunk or captured. 100 Confed. prisoners taken. Memphis occupied by Federals. June 15, 1862. U. S. gunboats Tahoma and Somerset, Lieuts. Howell and English, crossed the bar of St. Mark's River, Fla., and destroyed a Confed. Fort and barracks. June 17, 1862. Federal expedition up the White River, when near St. Charles, was fired into from masked batteries, and the gunboat Mound City received a shot in her boiler which occasioned the destruction of 82 of her crew by scalding, 25 only escaping uninjured. The Confed. works were captured by the land forces under Col. Fitch, who took 30 prisoners. June 26, 1862. Three Confed. gunboats burned on the Yazoo River b
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Apalache, Apalacha, Apalachi, or Appalachee, (search)
Apalache, Apalacha, Apalachi, or Appalachee, Various forms of the name of a tribe of North American Indians who dwelt in the vicinity of St. Mark's River, Florida, with branches extending northward to the Appalachian range. They were known, historically, as far back as 1526. The settlements of the tribe were mentioned in a petition to King Charles II., of Spain, in 1688, and it is believed that the tribe became broken up and scattered about 1702, the members becoming absorbed in other tribes.
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Battles, Florida, 1862 (search)
ts "Penguin" and "Henry Andrew." March 27-31: Reconn. on Santa Rosa IslandNEW YORK--6th Infantry. UNITED STATES--Battery "L," 1st Arty. April 7: Affair Saint Andrews BayU. S. Navy. April 9: Evacuation of JacksonvilleNEW HAMPSHIRE--4th Infantry. April 10: Skirmish near FernandinaMAINE--9th Infantry (Detachment Co. "I"). May 9-12: Evacuation of PensacolaBy Confederate forces, and occupation by Union forces. May 20: Affair, Crooked RiverDetachment from U. S. Fleet. June 15: Descent on Saint MarksU. S. Navy. June 25: Skirmish near Pensacola(No Details.) Aug. 7-10: Reconn. from Pensacola to Bagdad and MiltonNEW YORK--6th Infantry (Cos. "A," "B"). Sept. 11: Engagement, Saint John's BluffU. S. Gunboats. Sept. 17: Engagement, Saint John's BluffU. S. Gunboats. Oct. 1-2: Engagements, Saint John's BluffU. S. Gunboats. Oct. 2: Skirmishes, Mayport Mills and near St. John's BluffCONNECTICUT--7th Infantry. PENNSYLVANIA--47th Infantry. U. S. Gunboats. Oct. 3: Capture of Saint John's Blu
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), S (search)
320. St. Lawrence,, U. S. S.: VI., 82, 156, 268, 300. St. Louis, Mo.: I., 172 seq.; Camp Jackson at, I., 173; IV., 328; V., 144; arsenal, V., 154; Gratiot Street Prison, VII, 65; basis of supplies, VIII., 32; army repair shops, VIII., 40; raises a large force to defend the Union, VIII., 74, 82, 206. St. Louis,, U. S. S.: I., 182 seq., 185, 187 seq., 214 seq., 222, 356, 362, 366; VI, 214, 216, 220, 222, 312. St. Marcus, castle of, St. Augustine, Fla., II., 347. St. Mark's River, Fla., VI, 314. St. Mary's River, Fla., II., 350. St. Paul's Church, Alexandria, Va. , VII., 234. St. Peter's Church, Va.: church in which Washington was married, IX., 228. St. Philip, Fort, La. (see also Fort St. Philip, La.): I., 226, 227, 228, 230, 234. St. Pierre, Martinique, VI., 293. St. Thomas' Church, New York City, X., 15. Salamis, I., 30. Salem, Ark., I., 358. Salem, Mo., I., 354. Salem, Va., III., 321. Salem, Chap
The Daily Dispatch: June 16, 1862., [Electronic resource], Banks report (search)
he party reporting that the enemy had not visited the place since I left. Each boat had four muskets and each men had a revolver. The muskets of the first boat we secured, but the men dropped their revolvers overboard. The army of the second boat were but when she capsized but I have made as arrangement by which I hope to secure all the arms. The prisoners taken were Samuel Curtis, Master and Acting 2d Lieutenant, and eleven men of the U. S. gunboat "King Fisher," now blockading St. Mark's river. From statement of prisoners, she has 120 men, and mounts four 68-pound gast and one 30-pound rifle. They have been getting their surplice of wood and water from the point at which I men them and one of the men told me that at one time when he was out they shot three beeves, but did not take them I found no evidence of their having with persons on shore. I cannot close without mentioning the manner in which my discharged their duties. During the five days they were and dry,
The Daily Dispatch: March 27, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
lett directors voted to suspend one-half their work. The Legislature of Michigan has passed a joint resolution to submit to the people, at the fall election of 1866, an amendment to the Constitution to allow negroes to vote. Key West correspondence gives an account of an unsuccessful expedition which started from there about the last of February to release about three thousand Union prisoners confined at Thomasville, in Georgia, near the Florida line. The Yankee forces got up St. Mark's river, but were driven back when about twelve miles from Tallahassee. The casualties, they say, amount to a little over one hundred in all. On the 15th instant, a medium-sized steamer, called the Louisa Ann Fanny, arrived at Havana from Nassau, and was believed to be going immediately to Bermuda to fit out as a rebel pirate. The Oral was then at Havana, having a large number of men on board, who were supposed to be the crew destined for the other vessel. The investigation into the