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William Harwar Parker. Recollections of a Naval Officer 1841-1865 This is a reproduction of a library book that was digitized by Google as part of an ongoing effort to preserve the information in books and make it universally accessible. https://books.google.com THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BEQUEST OF ANITA D. S. BLAKE REOOLLEO TIONS OFA NAVAL OFFICER 1841-1865 REGOLLEOTIONS OFA NAVAL OFFICER 1841-1865 BY 5 CAPT. WILLIAM HARWAR PARKER, ‘ '1 AUTHOR or " ELEMENTS or smu.wsan>," “numoa ROUTINE AND EVOLU1'!0NS," “ NAVAL TACTICS,” "NAVAL LIGHT AR'l‘ILLERY—Al‘LOA‘l‘ AND ASHORE," “ REMARKS ox nu: NAVIGATION or nu: cowrs BETWEEN BAN n;mcIsco AND PANAMA." “ The greatest friend oi‘ Truth is Time ; her greatest enemy is Prejudice." N E W Y O R K CHARLES SCRIBNERS’ SONS 1883 COPYRIGHT BY CHARLES SCRIBNERS’ SONS 1883 GRANT, FAIRES & RODGERS Eu:c1'ao1-vnas 8: Pmunm Philadelphia PREFACE. During the war with Mexico, 1847-48, a friend of mine, J. Hogan Brown, was the sailing master of the United States steamship Mississippe. The lilississippi went from Vera Cruz in the squadron to attack Tampico, and had in tow the schooner Bonita— gunboat. During the night a “norther” sprang up, and the oflicer of the deck let the Bonita go, and did not think it neces sary to report the fact to the commodore. In the morning the commodore, Matthew C. Perry, came on deck, and not seeing the Bonita, inquired where she was. The oflicer of the deck told him that in the night they had let her go in consequence of the weather. The commodore, who was not noted for his suaviter in modo, though strong in the fortiter in re, said: “Send the master' to me.’ ’ Upon his appearance he said, “Mr. Brown, where is that schooner?” Brown, who was never at a loss for an answer, instantly replied, “She is S. S. E., fifteen miles distant.” “She is, eh ?” said the commodore, and turning to the oflicer of the deck he said, “Steer S. S. E.” The oflicers in the ward room, hearing of the occurrence, said, ‘fWel1! old Brown is caught at last.” In about an hour the man at the mast-head called out: “Sail ho! “Where away?” said the oflicer of the deck. “Right ahead,” was the reply; and in a few minutes: “ Can you make her out ?" . v 139 vi PREFA CE. “Yes, sir, a schooner.” “By George,” said the oflicers in the ward room, “old Brown is right, after all!” After awhile the strange sail was reached, and proved to be a . merchant schooner bound to Pensacola. The commodore, in a great rage, sent for Brown and said: “Did you not say the schooner Bonita bore S. S. E. fifteen miles off?” “ Well, sir,’ said Brown, “ the reckoning called for a schooner; but it did not say it was the Bonita !" Now the moral of this is that this reckoning calls for a schooner, but no particular schooner : so if any fellow expects his schooner to be mentioned he may find himself mistaken. I wish to say here, with Captain Kincaid of the rifle battalion: “That this is my book; and if any man wishes his name or services to be specially mentioned, let him write a book for himself.” 43 Yonn Sr, Norfolk, Va. CONTENTS. I CHAPTER I. PAGE. Entrance into the Navy.—Join the North Carolina, 74, at New York.—Fi1-st I1npressi0ns.—Hammocks versus Cotton Bales.— Midshipmen’s Pranks.—The U. S. brig Somers.—The brig Boater.-—Melancholy Suicide.—~The “ By-No-Meal ” Theorem.— Am Ordered to the line-of-battle ship C’olumbus.—A poetical Sailma.ker........... CHAPTER II. My First Cruise.—The Columbus, 74.—Ghosts.—Cross the Atlantic.— Gibraltar:-Guarda Costa and Smugglers.—Port Mahon.— Assassination of Mr. Patters0n.—Lieutenant Charles G. Hun ter.—Squadron Winters in Genoa.—Passed Midshipmen Beale and Murray.—The brig S0mers.—A Duel.—Return to Mahon.— The Delaware, 74.—Tou10n. — Cape de Gata.— Gibraltar Again.—Madeira.—Sail for the Coast of Brazi1.—Saturday Night Yarns.—Target Practice.— Improvement in Gunnery.— Captain Marryatt and American Thunder. CHAPTER III. Arrival at Rio de J aneiro.—The East India Squadron:-Anecdotes of the War of 1812.—The Brazil Station.—Slavers.—The Harbor of Rio de Janeir0.—Marriage of the Emperor Dom Pedro. Salutes.—Pr0moti0ns in the Squadron.—M0nte Video.—The Bishop of Honolulu.—Visit to Buenos Ayres.—Rosas, the Dic tat0r.—La Sefiorita Manuelita.—A Day at Rosas’ Quinta.—Re turn to Rio.-Arrival of the frigate Ram'tan.—Sandy Thomp s0n’s Will —Return to the United States . 22 CHAPTER IV. The frigate Potomac.—The Millerite Excitement.—-Sai1 for Norfolk.— Leave Norfolk for the West Indies.—The Landfall of Colum Vrr viii CON TENTS. PAGE. bus.—Gonaives.— Port-an-Pl‘ince.—A San Domingo Game Cock.—The Yellow Fever.—Port Royal.—Havana.—Tomb of Columbus.—Pensac0la.—Vera Cruz.—Rumors of War with Mexico.— Return to Pensacola.— Sharks.—A Leak in the Bow.—A Coffer Dam.—The U. S. S. Pn'ncet0n.—Return Home. 35 CHAPTER V. Return to the frigate Potomac. —List of Her Oflicers.—First Impres sions.-Sail for Vera Cruz.—Arrival.—Sacrificios Is1and.—San Juan de Ulloa.-—Sail for Brazos Santiag0.—Land a Force at Point Isabel.—Battle of Palo A1to.—Batt1e of Resaca de la Palma. —Genera1 Taylor and Commodore Conner.—An Alarm.—Major Ringgold.—Captain May.—Lieut. Ridge1y.— Boat Expedition up the Rio Grande . 47 CHAPTER VI. War Declared.—Bl0ckade of the Coast.—Ri"ers and Towns on the Gulf of Mcxico.—Blockade of Vera Cruz.—Green Island.— The Pirates of the Falmouth.—Passed Midshipman Hynson.— Burning a Vessel under the Castle of San Juan de Ulloa.— Midshipman Rogers.—Loss of the brig Somers.—Unlucky Vesse1s.—Afl'air at the Rio Antigua.—The gunboat Reefer.— First Attempt on Alva.rado.—The British frigate Endymion, . 57 CHAPTER VII. Capture of Tamp1'co.—Slipping off Tampico in “a Norther.”—’l‘he U. S. S. Hornet.—Vesse1s of the U. S. Navy lost between 1841—61.—Pensacola.—Ye1low Fever.—Sec0nd Attempt on Alvarado.—Admiral Joshua Sands.-—Attack on T0basc0.—— Death of Lieutenant Charles Morris.—Captain French For rest.—Incidents of the Blockade of Vera Cruz.—Anton Li zardo.—Narrow Escape of the Oumberland.—Loss of the U. S. brig Tru:::l'lm.—A Man Hanged at the Yard-arm of the U. S. S. St. ll[ar_z/’s.—Visit Pensacola and return to Vera Cruz, . 68 CHAPTER VIII. The Fortifications of Vera Cruz.—What Admiral Farragut thought of them.—Can1paign of General Tay10r.—Lobos Is1and.—Ar rival at Vera Cruz of General Scott’s Army.—A Reconnois sanoe.—Landing of the Army of General Scott at Vera Cruz, CONTENTS. ix '. PAGE. March 9th, 1847.—Remarks On.--Investment of the City. Services of the Navy.—Opening of the Bombardment.—A Heavy Norther.—Incidents Connected with.—Sai1ors on Sh0re.—Afl'air at Medellin, . 79 CHAPTER IX. Opening of the Bombardment of Vera Cruz.—Captain Tatnal] and the Spit§fire.—C0mmodore M. C. Perry assumes command of the Squa.dron.—Commodore Conner’s Mistake.—The Navy lands six heavy guns.—The Mosquito Fleet.—The Navy Bat tery.—It opens fire on Vera Crnz.—Ineidents.—Passed Mid shipman Fauntleroy.—Surrender of Vera Cruz and the Castle of San Juan de Ulloa.—Our Army takes Possession.—Battle of Cerro Gordo.—A visit to the Castle and City.—Our Marines, . 91 CHAPTER X. Expedition to A1varado.—“ Alvarado ” Hunter and the steamer Scourgc.—A Coincidence.—An A11egory.—Capture of Tuspan. —Jaek Beard’s Disappointment.—Grand Expedition to To basco.—Attack on the Gunboats by the Enemy in Arnbush.— Landing at the Devil’s Bend.—The March.—Ineidents.—The Steamers Raise the Chevaux de Frise and take the Fort. Capture of the Town of Tobasc0.—Captain Bigelow appointed Governor.—An Unfortunate Afl‘air.—Sail for Home in the frigate Raritu,n.—Ye11ow Fever.—Arrival at Norfolk, . 103 CHAPTER XI. Ordered to Annapolis.—The Naval School of 1847.—Captain George P. Upshur.—Duels.—The Battle-ground of Bladensburg.—Pro fessor William Chauvenet.—Swapping Yarns.—Pat Murphy and the Coon Skins.—Captain X.’s Dilemma.—Commodore Chauncey.—A Precise Message:-A Sailor’s Testimony.—Van Ness Phillip’s Visit to Troy.—Thomps0nian Treatment,»-—Mad Jack Percival.—Pass my Examination.—A Bad Quarter of an Hour on Board the Bay Si/‘ate.—A Friend in Need.—Hard Work at the Boston Navy Yard, . 117 CHAPTER XII. Ordered to the sloop-of-war Yorktmun.—Sail from Boston.—Arrival at Porto Pra.ya.—First Cruise on the Coast of Africa.—The X CONTENTS. PAGE. Gambia River.—Monrovia.—Battle between the Liberians and Natives.—President Roberts.—A Cruise to Wind ward.—Cadiz, Funchal, Teneriffe, Palmas —Porto Praya Again.—An Old City.—Riding out a Gale on a Lee Shore.—Rescue of the American brig Copperthwait, . 129 CHAPTER XIII. Kroumen.—.The brig Porpoise.—A Boatswain’s-mate's I’oetry.—A narrow escape from Drowning.—Accra.—Elmina.—Cape Coast Castle.—Grave of L. E. L.—Slavers.—A Yankee Trick.—The Slave Trade. — The Bridgton. — Whydah. — Dahomey.— Prince’s Island.-African Fever.—Second Cruise to Windward. Madcira.—Canary Islands.—Wreck of the Yorktown on the Island of Mayo.—Return _[Iome.—How to find the Moon’s Age, 140 CHAPTER XIV. A Morning Call.—Ordered to the Surveying brig Washingtan.—Sur vey of Nantucket Shoals.—Block Island and No-Man’s Land. - —Pilot Daggett.—The Pilot of the Bibb.-Anecdote.—Ordered to the Pr11nceton.—A Night with the “Spirit Rappers.”-Am detached from the Princeton and ordered to the C3/ane, . 154 CHAPTER XV. Join the O'_1/a,ne.—Bad Navigation.—Havana.—The Lopez Expedition.
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