Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-11-07

FULL ACCOUNT OF THE PREPARATIONS.
List of omcers and vessels.

List of Omcers and Vessels.
From the National Intelligencer Oct. 9th.
The expedition is on q scale more vast
than anything of the kind heretofore attempt
ed on this continent, at least, and that, from
the completeness of its outfit and the skill
of the men to whom the command is entrHst-
ed, we may hope for severe blow at the in
surgents in their weakest spot. Where the
blow is to fall is known only to the Govern
ment and to the Commander-in-Chief OF the
expedition. It was unknown to every one
but General Sherman the captains of the
different ships sailing with sealed orders,
which were not to be opened till they got
into certain latitude aud Longitude. We
give below an Interesting account of the ex-
pedition, carefully collected by our report
ers, who have watched every step of the pre-
paration, and gathered as many details as
was possible. with the restricted privileges
granted to the press:
THE EXPEDITION.
The expedition is the joint work of the Ma
Wy and War Departments. 1t was meant to
have been ready by the middle OF September;
and the Navy Department bad its vessels
ready then. 1t was, however, impossible to
get ready the immense material of the expe-
dtion by that time; and though everybody
concerned worked most diligently, it was
only on October 18th that the transports
were laden and the final shipment of troops
ready to be begun. The expedition consists
of the following vessels:
WAR VESSELS.
SteonSrS- Flagship Wabash, ship Mime
sofa, ship Roanoke.
Sailing Yessels.- Frigate st. Lawrence,
sloop- oi-war Vandalia, sloop-of-war James
town, sloop of. war Cumberland, sloop-of-war
& IL .,fxr na1o -
GuaJoats -Albatross, Alabama, Augusta,
Curlew, Dale, Florida, Harriet Lane, Iro-
quos, Isaac Smith, james Adger, Mohiean,
Monticello. Mount Vernon, New London,
Ottowa, Pawnee. Pembina, Penguin, Poca-
bontas, Quaker City, r. b. Forbes, Seminole,
Seneca, UnadiIla, Yankee, Young America.
The gunboats generally carry eleven-inch
Dablgren forward, aud are armed besides with
one riiled gun aud from two to four twenty
four ponnders.
I FERRYBoATs.
The ferryboats are capable Of carrying from
five hundred to nine hundred men, aud are
generally armed with six guns each. The
following is the list of those sent with the ex-
pedtion
Baltimore, Commodore Perry, Eagle, Ell
len, Ethan Allen, May flower, Philadelphia,
Pocahontas, Star, Stepping Stones and White
hall.
.fss+ - f. TRANSPORTS.
.Sieansers-Ariel, Atlantic, Alabama, Baltic,
Belvidere, Ben Deford, Champion. Cahawba ,
Coatzacoalcos, Daniel Webster, De Soto, En-
pire City, Ericsson, Florida, Illinois, Locust
Point, Marion, Matanzas, Mercedia, Ocean
Queen, Oriental, Parkersburg, Philadelphia.
Potomac, Roanoke, Santiago de Cuba, Spal-
ding, Star of the South, Vanderbilt, Winfield
Scott. ~
SAILING VESSELS.
Great Republic. Ocean Express, Courier,
Zenas Coffin, Golden Eagle, Gem of the Seas
All of the transports are fully armed, and
have crew on board to work the guns. Sew
eral transports were added to the feet at For
tress Monroe, and the entire Atlantic squad
ron will cooperate with the expedition.
The expedition consists, in all, of eighty
vessels. OF these three are steam frigates, six
others are sailing mel OF war, twenty-slx are
gunboats, twelve ferry boats, and thirty steam
and six sailing transports.
LIST OF OFFICERS.
Brigadier General Thomas W. Sherman,
DIVISION STAFF.
Captain Louis Fl. Pelouze. q. S. A, Acting
Assistant Adjutant General
Lieut. George Merrill, o.. S. Volunteers,
Aid de Camp. & $3.50
Lieut.. James Magner, Twenty-eighth Mas
sachusetts Volunteers, Aid de Camp.
Capt. Rufus Saxton, U. S. A.. Chief Quar-.
termaster. ,Ezs
Capt Herbert A. Hascall, U. S. A, Assis-
tant Quartermaster. 80 -
Capt Charles E. Fuller, US. A., Assistant
Quartermaster. s1a. slIilsia. - l.4 c.
Capt. Michael Morgan, Ass. Com. Sub, D
S. A., Chief Commissary. i .E -
Capt. Quincy A. Gilmore, Q. S. Engineers
Chief Engineer. ss ess. d .
Lieut.. ). A. Tardy, Jr, o. S. Engineers
Assistant Engineer.
Lieut.. P. II. O'Rorke, U. S. Engineers
Assistant Engineer. zss75a 50 .s5i5.ls ..-,s
Surgeon George E. Cooper, o. S. A, Medi-
cal Director. - 49,, -,
Lieut.. F. J. Skunk, U. s. A.. Chief of Ord
| nance. szseszz1 ra 81. tazs s7ilsss
Lieut.. James II. Wilson, q. S. A., Chief o
| Top. Engineers.
| Lieut. Theodore J. Dumont, u. S. Volun
| teers, Assistant Signal Officer.
Major J L. Hewitt, Major 2. R. Pangborn
| Major Russell Errett, Paymasters. $
- @ TROOPS. - . $50
| These vessels carry, besides their full
/ crews, force of about thirty thousand sol
dieIs, half of them the best trained troops o
| Gen. McClellans command. The cry tha
the army of General Mcclellan needed more
4 men, which has for so many weeks vexed i'm
patient souls, is now explained. 1t was not
our land forces, but our naval expedition tina
needed more men. When troops went on te
Washington it was only that others, better
drilled and more experienced, might be sen
| to Annapolis in readiness to embark in the
ships of the expedition. Thus, from time tG
i time, by the patriotic readiness of the people
TO respond to call the precise purport o
which they did not quite comprehend, oul
| gallant General was enabled to detach from
! his army large force of the best soldiers BIZ
had. We need not say that these troops are
| well armed and ably differed. Neither care
| nor expense have been spared to make theil
| outfit complete, in arms of all kinds, in greal
| guns, shot, she'll, ammunition, and all tht
! paraphernalia of war.
! MEN, HORSES, MATERIALS, &c.
The infantry equipments put on board arr
| sufficient for q. least ten thousand men,
! They include everything necessary to pre-
pare the soldier. sszsis -es.a s
OF artillery ammunition there are really
| immense quantities. Several of the Largest
| transports are nearly laden with these mate
rails, and thousands of shells were sent of
| from this port, as well as shot, canister, AND
| every variety OF deadly missiles. z.5sa. s.
Of horses the expedition has nearly ffteeT
| hundred. They are mostly on board the
| Great Republic, Vanderbilt. Ocean Queen
| Baltic and Ericsson. One ship takes, as sup
plies for these animals Seight thousand bags
! OF oats, aud besides this other vessels carry
1 further supplies of oats and corn, while ma
ny tons of hay are divided among the trans