Flag-Officer

As soon as possible move with them down the river to the vicinity of Vicksburg, and, with the cooperation of the gunboat fleet under command of Flag-Officer Porter, proceed to the reduction of that place in such manner as circumstances and your own judgment may dictate.

Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals David Widger

After all, the seven boats had been launched and were ready to be put into commission by Flag-Officer Foote, before he had more than one third of the necessary crews ready for them.

James B. Eads Louis How 1910

Stringham, Flag-Officer, expedition against Hatteras forts

Captains of the Civil War; a chronicle of the blue and the gray William Charles Henry Wood 1905

To this was now joined the further gratifying news that the enemy on that same momentous April 7 had surrendered Island No. 10, together with six or seven thousand Confederate troops, including three general officers, to the combined operations of General Pope and Flag-Officer Foote.

A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln Nicolay, John G 1904

Meeting Flag-Officer Foote who had charge of a fleet of gun boats near Cairo, he explained his idea and finding him not only sympathetic, but enthusiastic, he and Foote each sent a telegram to Halleck assuring him that Fort

On the Trail of Grant and Lee Frederick Trevor Hill 1898

Grant and Flag-Officer Foote were sent to attack, by land and water, Forts Donelson and Henry near the western end of the line.

A Brief History of the United States John Bach McMaster 1892

It will be seen, therefore, that she differed from the others simply in being larger and stronger; she was, indeed, the most powerful fighting-machine in the squadron, but her speed was only five knots an hour through the water, and her engines so little commensurate with her weight that Flag-Officer Foote hesitated long to receive her.

The Gulf and Inland Waters The Navy in the Civil War. Volume 3. 1877

All Farragut's fleet, accompanied by the ram Sumter, [13] detached for this service by Flag-Officer

The Gulf and Inland Waters The Navy in the Civil War. Volume 3. 1877

Flag-Officer Foote made a reconnoissance in force in that direction, but no signs of the intent to abandon were as yet perceived.

The Gulf and Inland Waters The Navy in the Civil War. Volume 3. 1877

Flag-Officer Foote, having turned over his capture to the army, returned the same evening to Cairo with three armored vessels, leaving the Carondelet.

The Gulf and Inland Waters The Navy in the Civil War. Volume 3. 1877