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Showing posts with label Gosport Navy Yard. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gosport Navy Yard. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 5, 2024

John Tyler to Julia Gardiner Tyler, April 18, 1861

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RICHMOND, April 17, 1 1861. Well, my dearest one, Virginia has severed her connection with the Northern hive of abolitionists, and takes...
Tuesday, December 14, 2021

Diary of Sergeant David L. Day: April 26, 1864

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The surrender of Plymouth, N. C., and death of Flusser caused consternation at Roanoke island, lest the dreaded Albemarle should make them a...
Wednesday, April 10, 2019

Diary of William Howard Russell: July 14, 1861

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At six o'clock this morning the steamer arrived at the wharf under the walls of Fortress Monroe, which presented a very different appea...
Sunday, April 30, 2017

Abraham Lincoln’s Message to the United States Congress, July 4, 1861

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FELLOW-CITIZENS OF THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES: Having been convened on an extraordinary occasion, as authorized by the Cons...
Thursday, August 11, 2016

Diary of William Howard Russell: May 26, 1861

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The heat to-day was so great, that I felt a return of my old Indian experiences, and was unable to go, as I intended, to hear a very eminen...
Sunday, November 15, 2015

Diary of William Howard Russell: April 25, 1861

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Sent off my letters by an English gentleman, who was taking despatches from Mr. Bunch to Lord Lyons, as the post-office is becoming a dange...
Saturday, July 4, 2015

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: October 28, 1861

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The most gigantic naval preparations have been made by the enemy; and they must strike many blows on the coast this fall and winter. They a...
Sunday, June 28, 2015

Diary of William Howard Russell: Sunday, April 14, 1861

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A night of disturbed sleep, owing to the ponderous thumping of the walking beam close to my head, the whizzing of steam, and the roaring of...