 | Frank Moore - United States - 1863 - 894 pages
...river hid >een abandoned. It was now seven o'clock in the evening, and his unexpected confirmation rendered prompt measures necessary for the safety...Virginia. The pilots had assured me that they could take he ship, with a draft of eighteen feet, to within orty miles of Richmond. This the chief pilot, Mr.... | |
 | Frank Moore - United States - 1863 - 848 pages
...river had >een abandoned. It was now seven o'clock in the evening, and his unexpected confirmation rendered prompt measures necessary for the safety...Virginia. The pilots had assured me that they could take he ship, with a draft of eighteen feet, to within orty miles of Richmond. This the chief pilot, Mr.... | |
 | Frank Moore - United States - 1868 - 872 pages
...river had been abandoned. It was now seven o'clock in the evening, and this unexpected confirmation rendered prompt measures necessary for the safety...me that they could take the ship, with a draft of eighteen feet, to within forty miles of Richmond. This the chief pilot, Mr. Fairish, and his chief... | |
 | Harrison W. Burton - Norfolk (Va.) - 1877 - 296 pages
...other batteries on the river had been abandoned. It was then seven o'clock PM, and prompt measures were necessary for the safety of the Virginia. " The pilots...me that they could take the ship, with a draft of eighteen feet, to within forty mfles of Richmond. This the chief pilot, Mr. Parrish, and his chief... | |
 | Harrison W. Burton - Norfolk (Va.) - 1877 - 300 pages
...batteries on the river had been abandoned. It was then seven o'clock p. M., and prompt measures were necessary for the safety of the Virginia. " The pilots...me that they could take the ship, with a draft of eighteen feet, to within forty miles of Richmond. This the chief pilot, Mr. Parrish, and his chief... | |
 | John Thomas Scharf - United States - 1886 - 934 pages
...river had been abandoned. " It was nowseven o'clock in the evening, and this unexpected confirmation rendered prompt measures necessary for the safety...me that they could take the ship, with a draft of eighteen feet, to within forty miles of Richmond. in my cabin, in the presence of Commodore 1 1 oil... | |
 | Confederate States of America - 1922 - 496 pages
...other batteries on the river had been abandoned. It was now seven o'clock in the evening, and this unexpected information rendered prompt measures necessary...me that they could take the ship, with a draft of eighteen feet, to within forty miles of Richmond. This the chief pilot, Mr. Parrish, and his assistant,... | |
 | United States. Office of Naval War Records - 1898 - 944 pages
...the other batteries on the river had been abandoned. It was now 7 o'clock in the evening, and this unexpected information rendered prompt measures necessary...draft of 18 feet, to within 40 miles of Richmond. cabin, in the presence of Commodore Hollius and Captain Sterrett, in reply to a question of mine, they... | |
 | United States. Naval War Records Office - United States - 1898 - 930 pages
...the other batteries on the river had been abandoned. It was now 7 o'clock in the evening, and this unexpected information rendered prompt measures necessary...draft of 18 feet, to within 40 miles. of Richmond. This the chief pilot, Mr. Parrish, and his chief assistant, Mr. Wright, had asserted again and again... | |
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It was now 7 o'clock in the evening, and this unexpected information rendered prompt measures necessary for the safety of the Virginia. The pilots had assured me that they could take the ship, with a draft of 18 feet, to within 40 miles. 