Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1900 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER TWEXTY-FOUR. Battle of Galveston--General Magruder Leads the Land Forces in Person and Commodore Smith Commands the Cotton-Clads -- A Gloriout Victory--Official Reports from Both Sides--The Blockade Raised -- General Magruder Congratulated by General Houston and Others -- Naval Attack on Galveston -- The Alabama -- The Hatteras Sunk -- Battle Off Sabine Pass and Confederate Victory-- Magruder's Reports and Recommendations -- Results of the Month's Campaign. A combined attack'upon Galveston by land and sea was Magruder's plan. Finally all the preparations were completed. On the morning of the 31st of December. 1862, he assigned Capt. Leon Smith67 to the command of the Confederate flotilla on Buffalo Bayou, consisting of the steamboats Bayou City and Neptune, and the tenders John Carr and Lucy Gwinn. Commodore Smith was an experienced naval officer, and had already rendered good service for Texas at Indianola and elsewhere. Smith's promotion to so important a command at this time was therefore a deserved recognition of merit, amply justified by his subsequent career. The cavalry regiments of Colonels Tom Green and A. P. Bagby furnished the volunteers (300 in number) needed as marines. Colonel Green, on the Bayou City, was the ranking army officer, and commanded all the land forces on the steamers. Colonel Bagby was the immediate commander of the troops on the Neptune, which also had on board an artillery company under Lieutenant Harby. 7Leon Smith was born in Alfred, Maine; went to sea at thirteen, and at the age of twenty commanded the United States mail steamship Pacific, running between San Francisco and Panama: was later commodore of the Morgan line of steamships running from New York to Galveston; was commander of the..."
