Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion. Series 1, Volume 6. Page: 14
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ATLANTIC BLOCKADING SQUADRON.
letters, as the flag-officer informs me, leaving this ship alone off this
place. Now, Flag-Officer, you know as well as I do that to blockade
this port efficiently with this ship alone is next door to an impossibility.
Assisted by the Vandalia we might have done our work pretty well by
a judicious disposition of the two vessels. The question then arises,
would it not be better to dispose of our few vessels here so as to insure
the blockade of Charleston and Savannah, rather than by disposing of
them so far apart as to neglect these two important points and to accom-
plish nothing which will compensate for leaving them comparatively
open? I will say to you unhesitatingly that I do not consider Charles-
ton as efficiently blockaded by the presence alone of this ship off the
harbor, and I can not hold myself responsible for vessels getting in and
coming out, although you may rely upon my doing my best to prevent
them.
July 19.-The flagship Roanoke has just arrived off this port again,
and has made signal for our letter bag to be sent on board immediately,
leaving me no time to conclude.
I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant,
SAML. MERCER,
Captain.
Flag-Officer S. H. STRINGHAM,
Comdg. U. S. Atlantic Blockading Squadron, Flagship Minnesota.
P. S.-I shall have to leave here pretty soon.
Report of Captain Chauncey, U. S. Navy, commanding U. . S . Susque-
hanna, of the cruise of that vessel from Hampton Roads to Philadel-
phia, and naming vessels boarded.
U. S. S. SUSQUEHANNA,
Navy Yard, Philadelphia, July 19, 1861.
SIR: I have the honor to report the arrival this morning of this ship,
under my command, at this yard, in obedience to instructions from
Flag-Officer Stringham, of the 17th instant, to proceed hither for the
purpose of placing the ship at the service of Messrs. Merrick & Son,
in order to renew the broken shaft and to effect any necessary repairs
to the machinery.
I have reported the ship to Captain Du Pont, commandant of the
yard, as in a state of readiness to commence the preliminary work neces-
sary in order to receive the shaft, and that we shall require mechanics
from the yard for that purpose. I shall use my best exertions to expe-
dite the repairs so far as they may depend upon me.
The ship left Hampton Roads on the afternoon of the 17th instant,
and off Cape Henry fell in with and boarded the American bark Per-
icles, of Boston, owned in Boston, ninety-six days from Callao, laden
with guano, bound to Hampton Roads for orders. Also the American
brig J. Rhoades, of and from New York, with Government stores for
Fortress Monroe. Endorsed the papers of both vessels and allowed
them to proceed.
I have the honor to be, your obedient servant,
JNO. S. CHAUNCET,
Captain.
Hon. GIDEON WELLES,
Secretary of the Navy.14
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United States. War Department. Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion. Series 1, Volume 6., book, 1897; Washington D.C.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth192841/m1/37/: accessed May 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.