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قراءة كتاب Reminiscences of Two Years in the United States Navy
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Reminiscences of Two Years in the United States Navy
REMINISCENCES
OF
TWO YEARS
IN THE
UNITED STATES NAVY.
By
JOHN M. BATTEN, B.E., M.D.,
Late Acting Assistant Surgeon United States Navy, Pittsburgh, Pa.
PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR.
LANCASTER, PA.
INQUIRER PRINTING AND PUBLISHING CO.
1881.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1881,
By JOHN M. BATTEN, B.E., M.D.
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D.C.
TO THE
Grand Army of the Republic,
AND TO THE
Soldiers and Sailors
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES AS AN OFFERING FOR THE
PRESERVATION OF THE UNION,
AND TO MY MOTHER,
SARAH BATTEN,
THIS LITTLE BOOK OF REMINISCENCES
IS MOST
RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED.
CONTENTS.
| PAGE | |
| Appointment in the United States Navy | 9 |
| On the Princeton | 10 |
| Choice Prescriptions | 10 |
| Acting as Coxswain | 11 |
| Detached from the Princeton | 12 |
| Adieu to Mother | 12 |
| Back of Orders | 13 |
| A Night on the United States Steamer Minnesota | 14 |
| Visiting Important Places in the Vicinity of Hampton, Va. | 15 |
| Dismal Swamp Canal. Reporting Aboard the Valley City | 15 |
| Washington, N.C. | 16 |
| Sinking United States Steamers Southfield and Bombshell | 17 |
| Death of Flusser. Plymouth Re-captured by the Confederates | 17 |
| An Attack on Washington, N.C. | 17 |
| Down Tar River in a Storm. Evacuation of Washington, N.C. | 18 |
| Newbern | 19 |
| Cruising | 20 |
| July 4, 1864 | 22 |
| Cruising, and Capturing John Taylor | 22 |
| Ordered to the Mouth of Roanoke River | 24 |
| Roanoke Island | 25 |
| Joining the Fleet | 25 |
| Ram Albemarle and Edenton | 26 |
| Taking H. T. Wood to U.S. Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va. | 27 |
| Again Through Dismal Swamp Canal. Too Late for the Boat Fawn. At Norfolk, Va. | 28 |
| Arriving Aboard the United States Steamer Valley City, and description of Dismal Swamp | 29 |
| Leaving Newbern | 32 |
| Winton | 32 |
| Appearance of the Albemarle at the Mouth of Roanoke River | 33 |
| Aground in Scuppernong river. A Brush with the Enemy | 34 |
| Confederate Account of It | 35 |
| What Mr. Milton Webster says of the Brush | 36 |
| Up Alligator River | 38 |
| Up Frying-pan River | 39 |
| Cushing the Brave | 40 |
| Meeting Cushing for the First Time | 40 |
| His Arriving Aboard the Valley City | 41 |
| Blowing up the Ram Albemarle | 41 |
| Three Cheers for Cushing | 42 |
| Cushing's Official Report | 45 |
| New York Herald's Dispatches | 49 |
| Mr. Galen H. Osborne's Dispatch | 49 |
| Mr. Oscar G. Sawyer's Dispatch | 52 |
| The Hero of the Albemarle in Washington, D.C. | 62 |
| The Valley City on the Dry Dock for Repairs | 63 |
| From Gosport, Va., to Plymouth, N.C. | 63 |
| During the Month of November, 1864 | 63 |
| Ashore for the First Time at Plymouth | 64 |
| Ashore at Newbern | 64 |
| Cruising | 65 |
| Rainbow Bluff. How a Fleet went up the Roanoke and came down again | 65 |
| New York Herald's Dispatch | 77 |
| Thanks of the Officers of the Otsego to Captain Wood | 86 |
| That Old Family Bible | 87 |
| The Valley City and Her Officers | 89 |
| Cruising | 92 |
| Chincapin Ridge | 98 |
| Cruising | 100 |
| Farewell to the Officers and Crew of the Valley City | 110 |
| Homeward Bound | 111 |
| Again through Dismal Swamp Canal | 112 |
| At Home | 112 |
| Meeting Men of Note | 113 |
| Ordered to Cairo, Ill. | 116 |
| Don Carlos Hasseltino | 118 |
| Honorable Discharge from U.S. Navy | 124 |
TWO YEARS
IN THE
UNITED STATES NAVY.
After having passed an examination before the Medical Board of the United States Navy, which was in session at the United States Naval Asylum, Philadelphia, Pa., Dr. James Green, President of the Medical Board, I received the following appointment:
Navy Department, 22d March, 1864.
You are hereby appointed Acting Assistant Surgeon in the Navy of the United States on temporary service.
After having executed the enclosed oath and returned it to the Department with your letter of acceptance, you will proceed to Philadelphia without delay, and report to Commodore Stribling for temporary duty on board the United States steamer Princeton.
Very respectfully,
Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy.
Acting Assistant Surgeon John M.