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Other editions - View allCommon terms and phrases32-pounders Acting-Master afterward Albemarle Albemarle Sound American anchored armed ashore attack batteries battle blockade boats brig broadside Brooklyn Captain Perry captured Carondelet carried casemate Charles coast Commander Commodore Confederate crew cruise cruisers deck destroyed enemy enemy's escaped expedition exploded Farragut feet Fisher five flag flagship fleet flotilla force forts four frigate Gatling gunboats Hampton Roads harbor Hartford Hatteras heavy fire hull hundred inches iron ironclad Island James John killed land Lieutenant Lieutenant-Commander mander March Merrimac Metacomet Mexicans miles Mississippi Mobile Bay Monitor mounting National naval navy night o'clock officers opened fire Orleans passed Pensacola pilot house pirates pivot gun port Porter rifled guns river sailed schooner seamen sent shell ship shore shot Shubrick side sloop soon squadron starboard steam steamer struck surrender Tennessee tion torpedo troops turret United United States navy Varuna vessels Vicksburg William wounded yards Popular passagesPage 560 - ... particular care be taken, that no persons be appointed to offices, or enlisted into said battalions, but such as are good seamen, or so acquainted with maritime affairs, as to be able to serve to advantage by sea, when required... Page 238 - take the little thing home and worship it, as it would not be idolatry, because it was in the image of nothing in the heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters under the earth. Page 426 - ... been aboard To have seen the fight we made! How they leaped, the tongues of flame, From the cannon's fiery lip! How the broadsides, deck and frame, Shook the great ship! And how the enemy's shell Came crashing, heavy and oft, Clouds of splinters flying aloft And falling in oaken showers — But ah, the pluck of the crew! Had you stood on that deck of ours, You had seen what men may do. Page 338 - Don't flinch from that fire, boys! There is a hotter fire for those who don't do their duty. Give that rascally little tug a shot." Meantime the engines went astern. By Farragut's prevision the heavy weights were in the bows of the ships, so that, if they grounded, it would be forward, when the stream would not swing them round athwart the river, as it would have done had they taken the ground aft. Page 150 - His jaw had dropped, his eyes were open, but fixed and glassy, his limbs were motionless. On the opposite side was a poor fellow, alive to be sure, but without hands or feet, and with a spoon tied to the stump of his right arm. Page 381 - ... effectually silenced the rebel battery below, and his bow guns played simultaneously upon the upper one. The slaughter of the enemy at this time was terrible, and all unite in describing the horrors of that hill-side and the ravines after the battle as baffling description, the killed being literally torn to pieces by shell, and the avenging fire of the gunboat pursued the enemy two or three miles to his reserve forces, creating a panic there which added not a little to the end of victory. Page 447 - I shouted. A moment after a thunderous report shook us all, while a blast of dense, sulphurous smoke covered our port-holes, and 440 pounds of iron, impelled by sixty pounds' of powder, admitted daylight through our side, where, before it struck us, there had been over two feet of solid wood, covered with five inches of solid iron. This was the only 15-inch shot that hit us fair. It did not come through; the inside netting caught the splinters, and there were no casualties from it. I was glad to... Page 453 - The commanding officers of all the vessels who took part in the action deserve my warmest commendations, not only for the untiring zeal with which they had prepared their ships for the contest, but for their skill and daring in carrying out my orders during the engagement. Page 68 - August, 1842, to be kept on the coast of Africa for the suppression of the slave trade, ' ' and also copies of the ' ' instructions given by the British Government to their squadron stipulated by the same, if such instructions have been communicated to this Government... Page 408 - ... brave and intelligent men, they recognized the stern possibilities of the morrow and acted accordingly. But this occupied but little time, and then, business over, there followed an hour of unrestrained jollity. Many an old story was retold and ancient conundrum repeated. Old officers forgot, for the moment, their customary dignity, and it was evident that all were exhilarated and stimulated by the knowledge of the coming struggle. Bibliographic information
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