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Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories 57 3 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 8. (ed. Frank Moore) 42 0 Browse Search
Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War. 36 0 Browse Search
Col. O. M. Roberts, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 12.1, Alabama (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 26 0 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 26 0 Browse Search
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4. 22 0 Browse Search
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3. 18 0 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2 15 1 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) 14 0 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: August 10, 1864., [Electronic resource] 12 0 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: August 19, 1864., [Electronic resource], Five hundred dollars reward. (search)
An account from Fort Gaines. --Captain Douglass Vass, paymaster of the army, left Fort Gaines on Saturday night at 10 o'clock in a rowboat for Fort Morgan, and arrived in Mobile Sunday night. He gives the following particulars of the condition of affairs when he left: On Thursday, a Yankee monitor approached the fort onFort Gaines on Saturday night at 10 o'clock in a rowboat for Fort Morgan, and arrived in Mobile Sunday night. He gives the following particulars of the condition of affairs when he left: On Thursday, a Yankee monitor approached the fort on the gulf side and opened fire. The fort had three 10-inch columbiads; and in the first shots in reply to the monitor, two of them were dismounted and disabled by the breaking of their carriages. On Friday, the fleet ran by Fort Morgan. Captain Vass had a fine view of the whole scene and the subsequent naval fight. The Tecumseh,gallantly exposing himself and urging his line of skirmishers to maintain its ground. It was the night after Captain Vass left that General Page passed over to Fort Gaines. Captain Vass is of the opinion that Fort Morgan will hold out as long as its provisions do, and that will be the best part of a year. The Yankee fleet was