1862 Antique Engravings - Civil War - Gun-boat Battle for Island No.10, Missouri

Description

Four original engravings on one page relating to the Civil War on the Mississippi published in Harper's Weekly on April 26, 1862 and entitled as follows:
"Major-General Pope" - Commander of the Army of the Mississippi - see below
"Commodore Foote" - Commander of the gun-boats - see below
"The Gun-boat "Carondelet" running the Rebel Batteries at Island No. 10" - see below
"Spiking the guns in the Upper Rebel Battery at Island No. 10"
Good condition - minor edge tears
and spots - see scans
. Related and unrelated text . Page size 10 x 14.5
inches
This is an original antique print and not a reproduction . Great collectors item for the civil war historian - see more of these in Seller's Other Items which can be combined for mailing
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John Pope - Civil War
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Pope was serving on lighthouse duty when Abraham Lincoln was elected and he was one of four officers selected to escort the president-elect to
Washington, D.C.
[1]
He offered to serve Lincoln as an aide, but on June 14, 1861, he was appointed
brigadier general
of volunteers (date of rank effective May 17, 1861)
[3]
and was ordered to Illinois to recruit volunteers.
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In the
Department of the West
under
Maj. Gen.
John C. Frémont
, Pope assumed command of the District of North and Central Missouri in July, with operational control along a portion of the
Mississippi River
. He had an uncomfortable relationship with Frémont and politicked behind the scenes to get him removed from command. Frémont was convinced that Pope had treacherous intentions toward him, demonstrated by his lack of action in following Frémont's offensive plans in Missouri. Historian
Allan Nevins
wrote, "Actually, incompetence and timidity offer a better explanation of Pope than treachery, though he certainly showed an insubordinate spirit."
[4]
Pope eventually forced the
Confederates
under
Sterling Price
to retreat southward, taking 1,200 prisoners in a minor action at
Blackwater, Missouri
, on December 18. Pope, who established a reputation as a braggart early in the war, was able to generate significant press interest in his minor victory, which brought him to the attention of Frémont's replacement, Maj. Gen.
Henry W. Halleck
.
[1]
Halleck appointed Pope to command the
Army of the Mississippi
(and the District of the Mississippi, Department of the Missouri) on February 23, 1862.
[2]
Given 25,000 men, he was ordered to clear Confederate obstacles on the
Mississippi River
. He made a surprise march on
New Madrid
, Missouri, and captured it on March 14. He then orchestrated a campaign to capture
Island No. 10
, a strongly fortified post garrisoned by 12,000 men and 58 guns. Pope's engineers cut a channel that allowed him to bypass the island. Assisted by the gunboats of Captain
Andrew H. Foote
, he landed his men on the opposite shore, which isolated the defenders. The island garrison surrendered on April 7, 1862, freeing Union navigation of the Mississippi as far south as
Memphis
.
[1]
Pope's outstanding performance on the Mississippi earned him a promotion to major general, dated as of March 21, 1862.
[2]
During the
Siege of Corinth
, he commanded the left wing of Halleck's army, but he was soon summoned to the East by Lincoln. After the collapse of Maj. Gen.
George B. McClellan
's
Peninsula Campaign
, Pope was appointed to command the
Army of Virginia
, assembled from scattered forces in the
Shenandoah Valley
and
Northern Virginia
. This promotion infuriated Frémont, who resigned his commission.
[1]
USS
Carondelet
(1861)
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USS Carondelet
.
USS
Carondelet
History
United States
Namesake:
Carondelet, St. Louis
[1]
Laid down:
August, 1861
Launched:
October, 1861, at
St. Louis, Missouri
Commissioned:
15 January 1862
at
Cairo, Illinois
Decommissioned:
20 June 1865
at
Mound City, Illinois
Stricken:
1865 (est.), sold, 29 November 1865
Fate:
sunk in
Ohio River
, 1873, severely damaged during dredging, 1982
General characteristics
Class and type:
City-class ironclad
gunboat
Displacement:
512 tons
Length:
175 ft (53 m)
Beam:
51 ft 2 in (15.60 m)
Draft:
6 ft (1.8 m)
Propulsion:
Steam engine
Speed:
4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph)
Complement:
251 officers and enlisted
Armament:
(see
section below
)
Armor:
Casemate:2.5 in (64 mm)
Pilothouse: 1.25 in (32 mm)
Stern
view of USS
Carondelet
tied up to a river bank during the
American Civil War
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USS
Carondelet
(
/
k
ə
ˈ
r
ɒ
n
d
ə
l
ɛ
t
/
kə-
RON
-də-let
) (1861) was a
City-class
ironclad
gunboat
constructed for the
War Department
by
James B. Eads
during the
American Civil War
. It was named for the town where it was built,
Carondelet, Missouri
.
Carondelet
was designed for service on the western rivers, with a combination of shallow draft and variety of heavy guns (and a light
howitzer
), she was suited for riverside bombardment and ship-to-ship combat against
Confederate
gunboats.
Contents
1
Built in St. Louis, Missouri in 1861
2
Civil War service
2.1
Union Army service
2.2
Union Navy service
2.3
Commanding Officers
3
Post-war decommissioning and sale
4
Subsequent career and sinking
5
Armament
6
See also
7
References
7.1
Sources
8
External links
Built in St. Louis, Missouri in 1861
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USS
Carondelet
, an
ironclad
river
gunboat
, was built in 1861 by James Eads and Co.,
St. Louis, Missouri
, at the
Union Iron Works
, in Carondelet, Missouri under contract to the
United States Department of War
.
Carondelet
was commissioned 15 January 1862, at
Cairo, Illinois
, U.S. Navy
Commander
Henry A. Walke
in command, and reported to Army's
Western Gunboat Flotilla
,
[2]
commanded by U.S. Navy Flag Officer
Andrew Hull Foote
.
Civil War service
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Union Army service
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Carondelet
attacks Fort Donelson
Between January and October 1862,
Carondelet
operated almost constantly on river patrol and in the capture of
Fort Henry
and
Fort Donelson
in February; the passing of
Island No. 10
and the attack on and spiking of the shore batteries below
New Madrid, Missouri
, in April; the lengthy series of operations against
Plum Point Bend
,
Fort Pillow
, and
Memphis, Tennessee
, from April through June, and the engagement with
CSS
Arkansas
on 15 July, during which
Carondelet
was heavily damaged and suffered 35 casualties.
[3]
Union Navy service
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Transferred to
Navy
control with the other ships of her flotilla on 1 October 1862,
Carondelet
continued the rapid pace of her operations, taking part in the unsuccessful
Steele's Bayou Expedition
in March 1863.
One of those to pass the
Vicksburg
and
Warrenton, Mississippi
batteries in April 1863,
Carondelet
took part on 29 April in the five-and-a-half hour engagement with the batteries at
Grand Gulf
. She remained on duty off Vicksburg, bombarding the city in its long
siege
from May to July. Without her and her sisters and other naval forces, the great operations on the rivers would not have been possible and the Federal victory might not have been won.
From 7 March to 15 May 1864, she sailed with the
Red River Expedition
, and during operations in support of
Union Army
movements ashore, took part in the
Bell's Mill
engagement (part of the
Franklin-Nashville Campaign
) of December 1864. For the remainder of the war,
Carondelet
patrolled in the
Cumberland River
.
Commanding Officers
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Carondelet
had several commanding officers over the duration of her service.
[4]
Commanding Officers and Ship Masters
U.S. Navy Rank
Name (First, Last)
Command Dates
• Captain
• Lieutenant Commander
• Lieutenant
• Acting Master
• Lieutenant
• Acting Master
• Lieutenant
• Lieutenant
•
Henry A. Walke
•
James A. Greer
•
John McLeod Murphy
• James C. Gipson
• John G. Mitchell
• Charles W. Miller
• Charles P. Clark
• John Rodgers
• Jan. 1862-Jan. 1863
• Jan. 1863-Feb. 1863
• Mar. 1863-Oct. 1863
• Nov. 1863-Jan. 1864
• Feb. 1864-Nov. 1864
• Dec. 1864
• Jan. 1865
• Feb. 1865-Jun. 1865
During the Civil War four of
Carondelet
'
s crew members were awarded the
Medal of Honor
: Signal Quartermaster Matthew Arther for actions at the Battles of
Fort Henry
and
Fort Donelson
, February 1862; Seaman John Dorman for actions in various engagements; Fireman Michael Huskey, for actions during Steele's Bayou Expedition, March 1863; and Coxswain John G. Morrison, for actions in the engagement with CSS
Arkansas
, 15 July 1862.
[5]
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