The newly commissioned USS Atlanta was sent to the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron and spent most of her time stationed on the James River where she supported operations against Richmond and defended against forays by the Confederate ironclads.
That would have been interesting had the USS Atlanta had come to battle one of the Confederate ironclads.
On May 21, 1864, the Atlanta and gunboat Dawn fired on and dispersed Confederate cavalry attacking Fort Powhatan, as I wrote about yesterday.
In February 1865, she was deployed further upriver after the Battle of Trent's Reach to better blockade the Confederate ironclads at Richmond.
After the war ended, the Atlanta was decommissioned in Philadelphia June 21, 1865, and placed in reserve at League Island.
--Old B-Runner
Showing posts with label Fort Powhatan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fort Powhatan. Show all posts
Thursday, May 23, 2019
Tuesday, May 21, 2019
May 21, 1864: Ironclad USS Atlanta Opens Fire on Confederate Cavalry
MAY 21ST, 1864: Gunfire from the ironclad steamer USS Atlanta, Acting Lieutenant Thomas J. Woodward, and the USS Dawn, Acting Lieutenant John W. Simmons, dispersed Confederate cavalry attacking Fort Powhatan on the James River, Virginia.
Dawn, a wooden steamer, remained above the fort during the night to prevent another attack.
The USS Atlanta was the former CSS Atlanta captured by the Union Navy 17 June 1863 near Savannah. Seeing such a clearly Confederate ironclad firing at them must have been quite disconcerting to the Confederate cavalry.
--Old B-Runner
Dawn, a wooden steamer, remained above the fort during the night to prevent another attack.
The USS Atlanta was the former CSS Atlanta captured by the Union Navy 17 June 1863 near Savannah. Seeing such a clearly Confederate ironclad firing at them must have been quite disconcerting to the Confederate cavalry.
--Old B-Runner
Thursday, July 18, 2013
Naval Happenings 150 Years Ago: July14th to 15th, 1863-- Fort Powhatan Falls
JULY 14TH
A Naval force captures Confederate Fort Powhatan on the James River below Richmond, the last Confederate defense below Chaffin's and Drewry's Bluff.
J.B. Jones, Clerk in the Confederate War Department writes that General Beauregard would like for someone skilled with torpedoes be sent to Charleston, but Mallory replied that with enemy warships in the James River so close to Richmond, he can't sent the man.
JULY 15TH
Farragut wrote Porter that the Mississippi River was his as far as New Orleans. He then plans to take a short leave before returning in the fall for operations against Galveston and/or Mobile.
Old B-R'er
A Naval force captures Confederate Fort Powhatan on the James River below Richmond, the last Confederate defense below Chaffin's and Drewry's Bluff.
J.B. Jones, Clerk in the Confederate War Department writes that General Beauregard would like for someone skilled with torpedoes be sent to Charleston, but Mallory replied that with enemy warships in the James River so close to Richmond, he can't sent the man.
JULY 15TH
Farragut wrote Porter that the Mississippi River was his as far as New Orleans. He then plans to take a short leave before returning in the fall for operations against Galveston and/or Mobile.
Old B-R'er
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