The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1892-08-04
THE GREAIsRFRF1I
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Chronological Record of Operations
from Feb. | to FEB. Is, 1862.
FORT HENRY, TENN.
Siege and Capture OF Fort Don
elson, Tenn.
FORT HENRY, TENN.
ROANOKE ISLAND, N. G.
Occupation Of and Skirnnish at
Springfield, Mo.


Feb. 1.-The States of Pennsylvania ani
New Jersey added to the limits of the Depart
ment of the Potomac.
The British steamer Labuan. loaded with
cotton, and Confederate schooner Wave, of New
| Orleans, were captured by the .. S. s. Ports
mouth off the mouth Of the Rio Grande, Tex.
The Confederate schooner Isabel, loaded with
| sugar, rice, etc, was captured off AtchataIays
| Bay, La, by the U. S. S. Montgomery.
| Feb. 2.-The q. S. S. Hartford, under Flag
Officer David G. Farragut, left Hampton Roads
Va, for the Gulf of Mexico.
The LIST Tenn. Cav, Confederate, engaged in
! a skirmsh with Union men of Scott and Morgan
| Counties, Tenn. Lieut.-Col. J. w. White com
manding, reported that he killed the Captain
and five others.
Feb 3-The State of Missouri was called
upon, under the act of the Confederate Congress
authorizing the President to call upon the
several States for troops to servo for three
years or during the war, to furnish 71.O00 men
| for Confederate service.
| A detachment of the Sd Mich made recon-
noissance to Occoauan Village, Va. and engaged
in slight skirmsh an armed party found in the
| village.
The C. s. 8. Nashville left Southamp ton,
England, and arrived at Bermuda on the Goth,
coaled and left on the oath. The U. S. s. Tus-
| carora, who had been watching the Nashville
at Southampton, was detained by the authorities
"a hours after her departure.
Reconnaissance by boats from the q. 8. g.
Crusader, Lieut.. A. G. Rhind, to Rockville, 8.
c., and engagement with Confederate troops at
that place.
Feb. 5.-The British schooner Mars, loaded
with salt, was captured by the U. S. s. Key
stone State off Fernandina, Fla.
Flag Officer l.. NJ. Goldsborough. U. s. NJ,
with the gunboats under his command, left
Hatteras Inlet, N. c., for Roanoke Island, con-
voying the transports with the army of Brig
Gen. A. f. Burnside, U. S. A.
Feb. 6-Reconnoissafiee made of Wright
River, s. c.. its tributary creeks and adjacent
lands by Maj o. T. Beard, 43th N. Y.
FORT HENRY.
Fort Henry, Tenn, was captured by Joint
naval and land force under the command of
Flag Officer A. III. Foote, U. S. Navy, and Brig
Gen. U. S. Grant, U. s. Army.
The naval force consisted of the gunboats
Essex, Carondelet, Cincinnati. st. Louis, Cones
toga, Tyler. Lexington. The land forces con-
sisted of the 18th and 23d Ind; 18th. 9Th, 9th,
18th, 18th, 18th, Goth, 27th 18th, Goth, Both,
31st 4Ist, 45th. 4stb and 5Oth H.; 9Th aud 18th
Mo-; 7th and 18th Iowa; 4th Ill. Cav. Stowart's
Doilins's. O'Harnett's and CarmichaePs COM
paHies Batteries B and d. 1st. and d and Z, I'd
Ill. Art, and d, Ii and K, 1st Mo. Art. The
Confederate forces, under the command of
Brig. Gen. Lloyd Tilghnan. consisted of the
First Brigade-Col. A. Heiman-27th Ala 10th
and 49th Tenn. Cuibertson's battery and
Gantt's battalion of cavalry. Second Brigade
Col. Joseph Dralie--15th Ark, 4th Miss 5lst
Tenn, Garyin's battalion, Grains battery, Mil
ners and Padgetts companies, Millions Rang
eIs Taylor's Heavy Artillery aud battalion
Of Alabama Cavalry. Casualties: Union, ten
killed and 50 ssyounded. Confcdcrates, five
killed, IL wounded and 80 captured. among
the captured was Brig. Gen. Tilghman.
The sloop Margaret, cargo cotton, WAS cap
turcd by the U.S.S. Sciota at Isle au Breton,
La.
Feb 6-l0.-Expediton Of the U. S. gunboats
Conestoga, Lexington and Tyler, under Lient.
S. l.. Phelps, up the Tennessee River rs far as
Florence, Ala, capturing the steamers Eastport,
Sallie Wood. aud Muscle and causing the Con-
federates to burn six steamers loaded with
military supplies.
Feb IA detachment of the 9Th Pa. Cav,
while on an expedition to Flint Hill and Hun
ters Mill, Va, lost one killed and two
wounded in skirmish near Fairfax Court
house.
On Jan. 80 the Confederate Secretary of War
directed Gen. Jackson to order Gen. Loring's
command, then at ROmney back to Winches-
ter. The order was given, and Gen. Loring
evacuated the place. II was reoccuped by the
Union forces on the 7th.
Brig Gen. Bushrod r. Johnson, c. s. Army,
assumed command Of Fort Doneson, Tenn.
The Confederate forces under Brig. Gen. III.
II. Sibley having entered New Mexico, reached
a point seven miles below Fort Craig.
Reconnaissance i'll boats from the U. 8. bark
Arthur, under Acting Volunteer Lieut.. J. w.
Kittredge, of the entrance to Corpus Christi,
Tex, capturing a sloop, which, running
aground, they were compelled to abandon. On
the 10th he made another attempt to get her
out, but failed and on the 11th, in the third
attempt, ne had an engagement with Cobfed-
crate troops on Mustang Island.
The British schooner Eusenia Smith was
captured by the u. S. brig Bohio off Ship
Island, Gulf Of Mexico.
BATTLE OF ROANOKE ISLAND, N. C.
Feb. s.-Roanoke Island, N c., with its de-
lenses, captured by the joint land and naval
forces under the command of Brig. Gen.
Ambrose l.. Burnside, U. S. Army, and Flag
Officer L. NJ. Goldsborough, U. S. Navy.
The naval forces consisted Of the U. 8. gun
boats Southfied Louisiana, Stars and Stripes,
Underwater Delaware. Valley City, Hctzel,
Commodore Perry Commodore Barney, Shaw
sheen, J. L. Lock wood, Ceres. Morse White
head, l. n Seymour, Henry Brinker, Hunch-
back, Gen. Putnam, and Granite ard the
armed transports Picket, Huzzar, Pioneer vi
dette, Ranger, Lancer, and Chasseur, and the
land forces of the First Brigade rig. Gen.
John G. Foster-23d, oath, 25th. 9th Mass.
10th Conn. Second Brigade--B Brig Gen Jesse
L, Reno-21st Mass.7 51stN. Y, 9th N. j., 5lst
Pa. Third Brieade--Brig. Zen. John G.
Parke--4th and 6tho Ist Battalion) II. l.. Sth
Conn, 9thN. Y.--unassgned troops 1st N. Y.
Marine Artillery, andeCo. b, 99th N. Y.
The Confederate naval forces consisted of
the G. s. S. Sea Brd,s Forrest, Ellis, Curlew,
Beaufort Fanny, Raleigh, Appomattox, and
schooner Black Warrior, under Flag Officer
William +. Lynch CTS. N, and land forces of
the I'd Battalion, 8th9Sthte), 18th % Co.'S, 31st
N. c., 10th q Cos. !. 49th q Cos.) Va, Col III.
Nj. Shaw commanding
Casualties: Union--Navy, six killed, II
wounded, and two missing. Army, 81 killed,
PA wounded, and ID missing. Confederate
Navy, six wounded sArmy, % killed, 80
wounded and 1859 captured or missing
The Confederate auhboat Curlew was sunk,
and the Forrest disabled.
By this victory theghion forces gained COM
plete possession of Roanoke Island, with five
forts, mounting 80 guns, winter quarters for
some 1000 troops, and 5000 stand of arms, large
hospital buildings, with u large amount Of lum-
Der, wheelbarrows scows, etc. Fort Forrest,
on the mainland, was burned by the Confed-
crates on the evening of the Sth. 1t contained
eight guns; thus making total loss of 40 guns.
The Navy recovered nearly all from this fort
in good condition.
Lieut.. Col William E. Peters, 45th Va, re-
ports that companies of his regiment were en-.
gagged in a skirmsh at the mouth of the Blue
Stone, w. Va.
Aparty of Gen. Curtiss Cavalry, under Lieut.
Col +. w. Lewis, LIST Mo. Cav, made descent
on Bolivar, Mo-, taking one or two struggling