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Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War. 2 0 Browse Search
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 3. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.) 2 0 Browse Search
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Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War., Chapter 37: operations of the East Gulf Squadron to October, 1863. (search)
to the flames by the advent of this brave little party, which lost one killed and five wounded. So it will be seen that this affair, which lasted only twenty minutes, was gallantly managed and was not without danger. On March 4th Acting-Master's Mate Henry A. Crane reports the results of an expedition up Indian River, under the instructions of Lieutenant-Commander Earl English. On the morning of February 23d, he started in a boat and reached a cove five miles above the mouth of St. Sebastian River, and at 2 o'clock P. M. discovered a schooner Lieutenant-Commander (now Rear-Admiral) Earl English. bearing down, apparently filled with men. From their number and appearance it was supposed that they were Confederates prepared to act on the offensive. Mr. Crane's boat was so disguised as to look like a boat from a merchantman, so that the Confederates passed him unsuspiciously and went on down the river. He allowed the schooner to get well ahead and then followed in her wake, u
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 3. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book I:—the war on the Rapidan. (search)
ndeavoring by this means to capture blockade-runners which they suspected to be lurking somewhere. These bold expeditions, which possessed all the attractions of partisan warfare—the chase, the ambuscade, the surprise, and the boarding excitement—were the only things to distract their attention from the monotony of the blockade. Most of them were successful: in the course of one month the Confederates were deprived of five vessels, one of which was captured on the 23d of February in St. Sebastian River; another was destroyed near Mosquito Inlet on the 2d of March; a third in the Ocklockonnee on the 20th; and the last two at Baysport on the 24th. By way of retaliation, two expeditions were repulsed with the loss of some men on the 20th of March in the bay of St. Andrews, and at Gadsden's Point on the 27th. The latter was drawn into an ambuscade by some Confederate partisans, who with blackened faces and clothed in petticoats played the role of fugitive negresses on the beach trying