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APPENDIX.

I.
Names of Vessels, Character of Armament, and Officers Commanding them in the Attack on Port Royal, November 7, 1861. Flag-Officer Francis S. Dupont and Captain Charles H. Davis, Chief of Staff, with flag on board of the Wabash.

Name of Vessel	Name of Officer Commanding	Battery
Wabash	Commander C.R.P. Rodgers	28 IX-inch, 14 VIII-inch, 2 X-inch pivots
Susquehanna	Captain J.L. Lardner	15 VIII-inch guns
Mohican	Commander S.W. Godon	2 XI-inch pivots, 4 32-pounders
Seminole	Commander John P. Gillis	1 XI-inch pivot, 4 32-pounders
Pocahontas	Commander Percival Drayton	1 XI-inch pivot, 4 32-pounders
Pawnee	Lt-Commanding B.H. Wyman	8 IX-inch pivots, 2 12-pounder rifles
Unadilla	Lt-Commanding Napoleon Collins	1 XI-inch pivot, 1 20-pdr rifle, 2 24-pdr howitzers
Ottawa	Lt-Commanding T.H. Stevens	1 XI-inch pivot, 1 20-pdr rifle, 2 24-pdr howitzers
Pembina	Lt-Commanding J.P. Bankhead	1 XI-inch pivot, 1 20-pdr rifle, 2 24-pdr howitzers
Seneca	Lt-Commanding Daniel Ammen	1 XI-inch pivot, 1 20-pdr rifle, 2 24-pdr howitzers
Vandalia (sailing sloop)	Commander F.L. Haggerty	4 VIII-inch, 16 32-pounders
Isaac Smith[1]	Lt-Commanding J.W.A. Nicholson	1 30-pounder rifle, afterward 8 VIII-inch
Bienville	Commander Charles Steedman	8 32-pounders
Augusta	Commander E.G. Parrott	8 32-pounders
Penguin	Lt-Commanding T.A. Budd	4 32-pounders
Curlew	Lt-Commanding P.G. Watmough	6 32-pounders, 1 30-pounder rifle
R.B. Forbes	Lt-Commanding H.S. Newcomb	2 32-pounders

II.
Ironclad Attack on Fortifications of Charleston H arbor, April 7, 1863.[2]

Name of Vessel	Kind and Caliber of Armament	Projectiles Fired		Nearest Approach to Sumter or Moultrie	Times Hit	Remarks
Name of Vessel	Kind and Caliber of Armament	Shot	Shot	Nearest Approach to Sumter or Moultrie	Times Hit	Remarks
New Ironsides	2 150-pdr rifles, 14 XI-inch	1 7	--- ---	1,000 yards	Not stated	Confederates say the New ironsides was hit 65 times
Montauk	1 XV-inch, 1 XI-inch	10 16	--- 1	700 yards	14
Passaic	1 XV-inch, 1 XI-inch	--- 2	9 2	880 yards or less	35	One gun temporarily disabled
Weehawken	1 XV-inch, 1 XI-inch	--- ---	11 15	Not given	53	One gun temporarily disabled
Patapsco	1 XV-inch, 1 150-pdr rifle	--- ---	5 5	600 yards	47	Rifle temporarily disabled
Catskill	1 XV-inch, 1 XI-inch	--- ---	10 12	600 yards	20
Nantucket	1 XV-inch, 1 XI-inch	--- ---	3 12	750 yards	51	One gun temporarily disabled
Nahant	1 XV-inch, 1 XI-inch	3 4	4 4	500 yards	36	Turret disabled for one day; not in good order for one month
Keokuk	2 XI-inch	---	3	550 yards	90	Totally disabled; sunk next day off Morris Island

Vessels, 9; guns in action, 23; fires, 139; range from 500 to 2,100 yards; fuses for shells cut for flights of from 3½ to 15 seconds; charges: XV-inch, 35 pounds; XI-inch 15 to 20 pounds; rifles, 46 pounds. Moultrie received 12 shots, Wagner 2, Sumter the remainder, which was struck 55 times.

Note.―Colonel Rhett, commanding Fort Sumter, reports that no monitor approached nearer than 1,000 yards; the Keokuk to within 900 yards; Ironsides, 1,700 yards. Beauregard reports that the fleet did not come nearer than 1,100 yards to outer batteries, save the Keokuk, which drifted to within 900 yards of Sumter. Engineer Echols reports nearest approach of monitors, 900 yards; of Ironsides to Moultrie, 1,700 yards, and to Sumter, 2,000 yards.

III.
Return of Guns and Mortars at Forts and Batteries in Charleston Harbor engaged with the Ironclads, April 7, 1863, together with Return of Ammunition Expended, and Statement of Casualties.

Fort or Battery	X-inch Columbiad	IX-inch Dahlgren	VII-inch Brooke rifle	VII-inch Columbiad	42-pounder, rifled	32-pounder, rifled	32-pounder, smooth	X-inch mortars	Grand total
Fort Johnson	---	---	--	---	---	---	---	1	1
Fort Sumter	4	2	2	8	7	1	13	7	44
Fort Moultrie	---	---	---	9	---	5	5	2	21
Battery Bee	5	---	---	1	---	---	---	---	6
Battery Beauregard	---	---	---	1	---	1	---	---	2
Battery Cumming’s Point	1	1	---	---	---	---	---	---	2
Battery Wagner	---	---	---	---	---	1	---	---	1
Total	10	3	2	19	7	8	18	10	77

Ammunition
Shot	385	80	86	731	140	321	343	---	---
Shell	---	---	---	5	---	45	---	93	---

IV.
Extract from “Table of Effect of Projectiles on the Walls of Fort Sumter,” Report of major William H. Echols, Confederate States Engineer, transmitted to Major D.B. Harris, Chief Engineer of the Department, with his Report, dated April 9, 1863.

No.	Projectile (in.)	Penetration (ft. in.)	Remarks
3	---	2’3”	Embrasure “A.” Exterior concrete keystone and interior embrasure arch knocked out; masonry cracked.
4	15	0’9”	Assisted No. 3; spent.
5	11	1’0”	Penetrated concrete and new masonry facing.
9	3 shots	2’6”	One 15-inch, two others not known; parapet wall cracked 25 feet in length; serious damage, perhaps by exploding shell.
10	15	2’3”	Interior arch of embrasure “B” dislocated; masonry between piers and embrasure badly shaken and projected.
12	15	1’6”	Shook masonry.
15	---	1’6”	Interior embrasure “C” arch broken; masonry cracked.
18	---	1’6”	Masonry shaken.
19	---	3’0”	Exploding shell on pier; not much internal injury.
21	---	1’6”	Masonry around embrasure “D” badly cracked and projecting inside.
22	15	5’0”	Penetrated, striking head of arch and thrown upward, tearing away a quantity of masonry, not seriously damaging body of masonry; exploded in casemate.
23	11	5’0”	Same effect as No. 22; destroyed embrasure “E.”
24	---	2’6”	Not seriously damaging body of masonry.
25	15	5’0”	Same effect as No. 22; destroyed embrasure “F;” exploded in parade.
27	---	1’4”	No serious damage.
29	---	2’4”	Serious damage; wall not much cracked.
31	15	1’0”	Knocked off one foot of angle.
35	---	1’6”	Shook masonry.
36	15	1’3”	Broke and projected in sole embrasure “G.”
41	---	2’1”	Exploding shell.
48	---	2’4”	Exploding shell cracked parapet wall.
49	---	---	Knocked out iron embrasure slab 1 foot wide, 6 inches thick, 3 feet long; indented it 1½ inches, and broke it in three places; shook masonry.
52	---	---	Entered western quarters and exploded, damaging walls.
54	---	---	Demolished 10-inch Columbiad carriage and chassis in southwest angle.

IX.[3]
Names of Vessels, Officers Commanding them, and Armaments in the Attack on the Defenses of Roanoke Island, February 7, 1862, and Operations following at Elizabeth City and Newbern in which many of thee Vessels were engaged.

Name of Vessel	Commanders of Vessels	Armament
Stars and Stripes	Lt-Commanding Reed Werden	4 VIII-inch, 1 30-pounder rifled
Louisiana	Lt-Commanding Alexander Murray	1 VIII-inch, 3 32-pdrs, 1 12-pdr rifled
Hetzel	Lt-Commanding H.K. Davenport	1 IX-inch, 1 80-pdr rifled
Delaware	Lt-Commanding L.P. Quackenbush	1 IX-inch,1 32-pdr, 1 12-pdr rifled
Commodore Perry	Lt-Commanding C.W. Flusser	1 100-pdr, 4 IX-inch, 1 12-pdr rifled
Valley City	Lt-Commanding A.C. Chaplin	4 32-pdrs, 1 12-pdr rifled.
Underwriter	Lt-Commanding W.N. Jeffers	1 VIII-inch, 1 80-pdr rifled, 1 12-pdr rifled
Commodore Barney	Lt-Commanding R.T. Renshaw	4 IX-inch, 1 32-pdr, 1 12-pdr rifled
Hunchback	Lt-Commanding E.R. Calhoun	3 IX-inch, 1 100-pdr rifled
Southfield	Lt-Commanding C.F.W. Behm	3 IX-inch, 1 100-pdr rifled
Morse	Acting-Master Peter Hayes	2 IX-inch
Brincker	Acting-Master J.E. Giddings	1 30-pounder rifled
Lockwood	Acting-Master G.W. Graves	1 80-pdr rifled, 1 12-pdr rifled
Whitehead	Acting-Master French	1 IX-inch
Seymour	Acting-Master Wells	1 30-pdr, 1 12-pdr rifled
Ceres	Acting-Master McDiarmid	1 30-pdr rifled, 1 32-pdr
Putnam	Acting-Master Hotchkiss	1 20-pdr rifled
Shawsheen	Acting-Master Woodward	2 20-pdrs rifled
Granite	Master’s Mate Boomer	1 32-pdr

X.
Names of Commanding Officers and the Batteries of Vessels that engaged the ram Albemarle, May 5, 1864.

Name of Vessel	Commanding Officer	Battery	Shots Expended	Casualties
Mattabesett[4]	Commander John C. Fieber	2 100-pdr Parrott rifles 4 IX-inch Dahlgrens 4 24-pounders 2 12-pound howitzers	27 solid shot 23 solid shot 1 shrapnel 1 shell	3 killed 5 wounded
Sassacus	Commander F.A. Roe	2 100-pounder Parrott rifles 4 IX-inch Dahlgrens 2 24-pound howitzers 2 20-pound howitzers 2 12-pound howitzers	(Not given)	1 killed 19 wounded
Wyalusing	Commander W.W. Queen	2 100-pounder Parrott rifles 4 IX-inch Dahlgrens 2 24-pound howitzers 2 12-pd howitzers (1 rifled)	47 solid, 28 shell 37 solid, 33 shell 27 shrapnel, 18 shell ---	1 killed
Miami	Acting Volunteer Lt C. A. French	1 100-pounder Parrott rifle 6 IX-inch Dahlgrens 1 24-pound howitzer	41 solid shot 76 solid shot ---	---
Whitehead	Acting Ensign G.W. Barrett	1 100-pounder Parrott rifle 3 24-pound howitzer	17 solid shot ---	---
Commodore Hull	Acting Master Francis Josselyn	2 30-pounder Parrott rifles 4 24-pound howitzers	60 shell 24 shell	---
Ceres	Acting Master H.H. Foster	2 20-pdr Parrott rifles (pivot)	---	---

XI.
List of Ordnance left on Morris Island on the night of its Evacuation, September 6, 1863.

XII.
Vessels Engaged in the Second Bombardment of Fort Fisher; their Armament, ammunition Expended, and Casualties in Action, January 14 and 15, 1865, Rear-Admiral D. D. Porter, U.S. Navy, Commanding Fleet.

Names of Vessel	Commanders	Batteries	Shells Expended	Killed	Wounded	Missing
Brooklyn	Alden	2 100-pounders, rifled 2 60-pounders, rifled 20 IX-inch shell guns	Not given	2	12	0
Mohican	Ammen	1 100-pounder, rifled 2 30-pounders, rifled 6 IX-inch shell guns	--- 17 419	12	0	0
Tacony	Truxtun	2 XII-inch 4 IX-inch	309 361	0	0	0
Kansas	Watmough	1 100-pounder, rifled 1 30-pounder, rifled 2 IX-inch shell guns	--- 91 394	0	1	0
Yantic	Harris	1 100-pounder, rifled 1 30-pounder, rifled 2 IX-inch shell guns	--- 23 202	2	2	0
Unadilla	Ramsay	1 XI-inch shell gun 1 20-pounder, rifled	358 45	0	0	0
Huron	Selfridge	1 XI-inch shell gun 1 30-pounder, rifled	300 ---	0	5	0
Maumee	Chandler	1 100-pounder, rifled 1 30-pounder, rifled 2 32-pounders	117 14 206	0	0	0
Pequot	Braine	1 150-pounder, rifled 1 30-pounder, rifled 6 32-pounders	146 33 319	3	5	0
Pawtuxet	Spotts	1 100-pounder, rifled 1 XI-inch 4 IX-inch shell guns	42 116 305	0	0	0
Seneca	Sicard	1 XI-inch shell gun 1 20-pounder, rifled	222 30	0	0	0
Pontoosuc	Temple	2 100-pounders, rifled 4 IX-inch shell guns 2 20-pounders	--- 313 5	0	7	0
Nereus	Howell	1 60-pounder, rifled 2 30-pounders, rifled 6 32-pounders	94 122 324	3	3	0

Names of Vessel	Commanders	Batteries	Shells Expended	Killed	Wounded	Missing
Minnesota	Lanman	1 150-pounder, rifled 4 100-pounders, rifled 1 XI-inch shell gun 42 IX-inch shell guns	89 --- 70 1495	13	23	0
Colorado	Thatcher	1 150-pounder, rifled 1 XI-inch shell gun 46 IX-inch shell guns	--- 80 756	3	14	0
Wabash	Smith	1 150-pounder, rifled 42 IX-inch shell guns	154 1781	0	12	0
Susquehanna	Godon	2 150-pounders, rifled 12 IX-inch shell guns	215 643	3	15	8
Powhatan	Schenck	3 100-pounders, rifled 1 XI-inch shell gun 14 IX-inch shell guns	Not given	3	19	7
Juniata	Phelps	1 100-pounders, rifled 2 30-pounders, rifled 6 VIII-inch shell guns	--- 238 765	5	10	0
Shenandoah	Ridgley	1 150-pounder, rifled 1 30-pounder, rifled 2 XI-inch, rifled	--- 30 287	6	0	5
Ticonderoga	Stedman	1 30-pounder, rifled 12 IX-inch shell guns	29 523	1	6	0
Vanderbilt	Pickering	2 100-pounders, rifled 2 30-pounders, rifled 12 IX-inch shell guns	18 65 87	0	0	0
Mackinaw	Beaumont	1 XI-inch shell gun 6 IX-inch shell guns	190 749	0	2	0
Tuscarora	Frailey	1 100-pounders, rifled 2 30-pounders, rifled 6 VIII-inch shell guns	53 47 114	3	12	0

Names of Vessel	Commanders	Batteries	Shells Expended	Killed	Wounded	Missing
Santiago de Cuba	Glisson	3 30-pounders, rifled 5 32-pounder shell guns	73 106	1	9	0
Fort Jackson	Sands	1 100-pounder, rifled 2 30-pounders, rifled 8 IX-inch shell guns	Not given	1	10	0
Osceola	Clitz	1 100-pounder, rifled 1 XI-inch shell gun 4 IX-inch shell guns	175 106 38	0	0	0
Sassacus	Davis	2 100-pounders, rifled 2 20-pounders, rifled 4 IX-inch shell gun	145 119 98	0	0	0
Chippewa	Potter	1 20-pounder, rifled 1 IX-inch shell guns	--- 74	0	0	0
Cuyler	Caldwell	2 32-pounder shell guns 3 30-pounders, rifled	6 43	0	0	0
Maratanza	Young	1 100-pounder, rifled 1 IX-inch shell gun	Not given	0	0	0
Rhode Island	Trenchard	2 30-pounders, rifled 1 IX-inch shell gun 8 VIII-inch shell guns	69 94 136	8	2	0
Monticello	Cushing	1 100-pounder, rifled 3 30-pounders, rifled 2 IX-inch shell guns	115 3 144	4	4	0
Alabama	Langthorne	2 30-pounders, rifled 1 IX-inch shell gun 6 32-pounders	Not given	0	0	0
Montgomery	Dunn	1 30pounder, rifled 1 X-inch shell gun 4 VIII-inch shell guns	192 158 230	2	4	0
Iosco	Guest	2 100-pounders, rifled 4 IX-inch shell guns	200 358	2	12	0

Names of Vessel	Commanders	Batteries	Shells Expended	Killed	Wounded	Missing
New Ironsides	Radford	2 150-pounders, rifled 2 60-pounders, rifled 14 XI-inch shell guns	971 total	0	0	0
Monadnock	Parrott	4 XV-inch shell guns	441	0	0	0
Canonicus	Belknap	2 XV-inch shell guns	297	0	3	0
Mahopac	Weaver	2 XV-inch shell guns	153	0	0	0
Saugus	Calhoun	2 XV-inch shell guns	212	0	1	0
Malvern (flagship)	-----	---	---	3	1	0

[1] Vessels appearing above the Isaac Smith were built for war purposes; the Smith and subsequent vessels were purchased.

[2] Table compiled from official reports.

[3] Appendix Sections V-VIII omitted, as they detail Union and Confederate Army troop strengths in the Departments of North Carolina and South Carolina/Georgia/Florida throughout the war.

[4] Flagship of Captain Melancton Smith

Total shot and shell	2,229
Total pounds of powder	21,093
Casualties in action	3 killed, 11 wounded
Number of shots fired by fleet	151
Number of shot struck vessels	520
Of shots fired by fleet, all but 24 were directed at Sumter

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