Shenandoah (1864): links, questions, comments, coordination, ... NONSTANDARD

[Randi]

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NARA URL	JPG Link	General area(s)
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/169783036	January February (28th is missing) March April May June (1-27)	North Carolina Bermuda North Carolina Virginia Philadelphia Virginia
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/169783230	June (28-30) July August September October November December	Virginia North Carolina Virginia Florida & Bahamas Virginia Bahamas North Carolina

Muster Rolls of U.S.S. Shenandoah 1863-1866

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[ggordon]

I have reserved this year.

[Michael]

[Michael]

24 July
Blockading off New Inlet, North Carolina


This is a first!!!

1000 AM

Paymaster Guild reported that his iron chest had been opened and several hundred Dollars abstracted therefrom during general muster.

[Randi]

NONSTANDARD behavior!

[Michael]

[Michael]

August 7
Noon : Lat 33° 47' 00"N, Long 74° 36' 00"W

4AM to 8 AM

At 4 raised a steamer to S^d standing to the N^d. Challenged her and stopped engines. Challenged her twice afterward with signal lanterns. She burned Costons No. 7 and passed under our stern and fired a shot at us. We burned Costons No 7 and then challenged with Costons, which she answered, and hailed her. She proved to be the U.S.Str. Gettysburg. At 4:50 raised a steamer to the Sd and gave chase, the Gettysburg taking the lead by 2 lengths. The stranger proved to be a blockade runner Side Wheeler with USS Santiago de Cuba in chase. We soon dropped the Gettysburg astern. Exchanged signals with the Santiago. At 6 we could see that the chase had a deck load of cotton, and she began to throw it overboard. Set all for and aft sail, dgot up bent and set Fore & Mizzen stay sails. At 7 raised a steamer to the SE which proved to be the Quaker City who joined in the chase. The Santiago to Cuba gave up the chase and began to pick up cotton, of which the chase had thrown overboard, about 80 bales. At 7:45 lost sight of Santiago de Cuba. 7:50 took in all sail.

The Gettysburg gave up the chase at 8:00, as did we at 12:15. The Quaker City was unable to catch the blockade runner, who go away.

Here's an interesting article about Martha Coston who developed the Coston Signal Flare.

[Michael]

I've just finished transcribing this year. I have entered the first mention of each USS vessel that we encountered. Some names I couldn't read, and some of them were not listed with NARA. I didn't record any ships from other navies, or commercial vessels. Altogether, there were 89 Union vessels in my list! Something must have been happening off the East Coast of the US in 1864!

I know that some of you are interested in the U.S. Civil War, so for you, here is the list:

AGAWAM, ALABAMA, ARIES, ATLANTA, AUGUSTA, BRANDYWINE, BRITANNIA, CALIFORNIA, CALYPSO, CAMBRIDGE, CANONICUS, CHAMPION, CIRCASSIAN, COLORADO, COMMODORE BARNEY, COMMODORE PERRY, CONNECTICUT, DALE, DAWN, DAYLIGHT, DELAWARE, DON, EMMA, EUTAW, FAHKEE, FLORIDA, FORT JACKSON, GALENA, GETTYSBURG, GLAUCUS, GOVERNOR BUCKINGHAM, GRAND GULF, GREENE, HELIOTROPE, HENRY BRINKER, HOWQUA, HURON, IRON AGE, IROQUOIS, IUKA, JOHN GRIFFITH, KENSINGTON, KEYSTONE STATE, MACKINAW, MAHOPAC, MALVERN, MERCEDITA, MINNESOTA, MOHICAN, MONADNOCK, MONTGOMERY, MONTICELLO, MOUNT VERNON, NANSEMOND, NEREUS, NEW BERNE, NEW IRONSIDES, NIPHON, NITA, OSCEOLA, PEQUOT, PHELPS, POCAHONTAS, PRINCETON & CONSTELLATION, QUAKER CITY, QUEEN, R.R. CUYLER, RACHEL SEAMAN, ROANOKE, SAN JACINTO, SARATOGA, SASSACUS, SAUGUS, SENECA, STARS & STRIPES, STATE OF GEORGIA, STEPPING STONES, SUSQUEHANNA, TACONY, TECUMSEH, TICONDEROGA, TUSCARORA, UNADILLA, UNION, VANDERBILT, VERMONT, VICKSBURG, WABASH, WILDERNESS

For those interested enough to look in the log books about their participation in the Civil War and in particular, the Battle of Fort Fisher, the following ship logs have been scanned:

Ship	NARA Link	Wikipedia link
COLORADO	https://catalog.archives.gov/id/183310422	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Colorado_(1856)
DALE	https://catalog.archives.gov/id/183317904
JUNIATA	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Juniata_(1862)	https://catalog.archives.gov/id/183324094
MINNESOTA	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Minnesota_(1855)	https://catalog.archives.gov/id/183330071
MOHICAN	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Mohican_(1859)	https://catalog.archives.gov/id/167207245
ROANOKE	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Roanoke_(1855)	https://catalog.archives.gov/id/183342909
SAN JACINTO	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_San_Jacinto_(1850)	https://catalog.archives.gov/id/183347009
SARATOGA	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Saratoga_(1842)	https://catalog.archives.gov/id/183348127
TICONDEROGA	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Ticonderoga_(1862)	https://catalog.archives.gov/id/169796503
TUSCARORA	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Tuscarora_(1861)	https://catalog.archives.gov/id/169800507
WABASH	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Wabash_(1855)	https://catalog.archives.gov/id/183369036

The Shenandoah took part in this action, which occurred on and after December 19. Not all the ships listed above took part in this battle, as these names were compiled during the year. The ones in NARA with logs for December 1864 have the link to their Wikipedia article.

[Michael]

The voyage for 1864 has been done. You can see a plot of the voyage here and, for more details, you can download the KML file and view it with Google Earth. No people were mentioned.

Here are the statistics for the voyage:

These are the weather statistics for this voyage:

Weather Element	Records
DirT	8,432
Kts	8,279
Baro	2,001
Dry	4,445
Water	952
Weather	8,163
Total	32,272

Shenandoah travelled a total of 14,259 miles.

[Randi]

Civil War Naval Operations and Engagements: Fort Fisher, North Carolina, December 1864–January 1865

[Michael]

One of the maps appeared to be upside down. Here it is, with Shenandoah's position in the 2^nd column marked. You can see her quite clearly on the other map showing the positions of the ships.

[Randi]

One of the maps appeared to be upside down.

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