Lackawanna (1863): links, questions, comments, coordination, ...

[Randi]

Note that the location of 'Warrentown' should be taken with a grain of salt
I am fairly sure that it is the current Warrington, but I am not sure if we are in Pensacola Bay or off the coast. I suspect the latter.
Fortunately, the log mentions a lot of other ships that I note intermittently. Of course, whether or not they are any use is a different matter.

[Michael]

Note that the location of 'Warrentown' should be taken with a grain of salt
I am fairly sure that it is the current Warrington, but I am not sure if we are in Pensacola Bay or off the coast. I suspect the latter.
Fortunately, the log mentions a lot of other ships that I note intermittently. Of course, whether or not they are any use is a different matter.

Don't bother with recording the ships. There were at least 58 of them taking part in the blockades. I have a list of 48 from 1863 that have scanned logs!!! When I finish processing a ship, I run a script that checks the positions of the ship with all the other ships we've completed for that year. If I have a question about anything, I look for any ship mentioned on the page with the problem and then I look it up in the logs.

Code: Select all

$ shiparchive -s -y1863  | cut -f1 | sort -u
ADIRONDACK & VERMONT
BRANDYWINE
CANANDAIGUA
COLORADO
CONSTELLATION
CYANE
DALE
FALMOUTH
HARTFORD
IROQUOIS
JAMESTOWN
JUNIATA
KEARSARGE
LACKAWANNA
LANCASTER
MACEDONIAN
MINNESOTA
MOHICAN
MONONGAHELA
NARRAGANSETT
ONEIDA
OSSIPEE
PAUL JONES
PAWNEE
PEMBINA
PENOBSCOT
PORTSMOUTH
POTOMAC
ROANOKE
SABINE
SACRAMENTO
SAN JACINTO
SARANAC
SARATOGA
SAVANNAH
SEMINOLE
SHENANDOAH
ST. LAWRENCE
ST. LOUIS
ST. MARY'S
TICONDEROGA
TUSCARORA
VANDALIA
VERMONT
VERMONT & NEW HAMPSHIRE
WABASH
WACHUSETT
WYOMING

[Randi]

Nov 12 & 13— New Orleans, Louisiana

12th
8am to Merid
Commenced making preparations for sinking the Coffer dock under our stern got up 60 fathoms on each bower chain to put in the dock. Hauled the dock under our stern and put 120 fathoms of the starboard chain into it.

Merid to 4
Sank the dock under stern and commenced pumping out.


13th
6 to 8 pm
Placed John E Broplay + Wm Johnson in double Irons for disobedience Insolence to Captain Marchand and for drunkenness. Edward Walters (Marine) was put in double Irons for bringing liquor on board. Pumped the ship out dry with Main Pumps.
Clearly, we are following the venerable shore leave traditions
Hopefully the pumping out dry refers to the going into coffer dock rather than the liquor in the previous sentence.

[Michael]

[Randi]

All yours, Michael.
Have fun

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Ships mentioned in the log. Ones with scanned logbooks are highlighted in red:

Albatross — https://www.history.navy.mil/research/h ... oss-i.html

Antona — https://www.history.navy.mil/research/h ... ona-i.html

Arkansas — https://www.history.navy.mil/research/h ... mer-i.html

Aroostook — https://www.history.navy.mil/research/h ... oat-i.html
https://www.history.navy.mil/content/hi ... 791301.jpg

Bermuda — https://www.history.navy.mil/research/h ... uda-i.html

Brooklyn — https://www.history.navy.mil/research/h ... lyn-i.html

Circassian — https://www.history.navy.mil/research/h ... ssian.html

Colorado — https://www.history.navy.mil/research/h ... ado-i.html

Eugenie — https://www.history.navy.mil/research/h ... genie.html

Genesee — https://www.history.navy.mil/research/h ... see-i.html

Gertrude — https://www.history.navy.mil/research/h ... trude.html

Hendrick Hudson — https://www.history.navy.mil/research/h ... udson.html

Jasmine — https://www.history.navy.mil/research/h ... smine.html

Kanawha — https://www.history.navy.mil/research/h ... oat-i.html
https://www.history.navy.mil/content/hi ... 692475.jpg

Kennebec — https://www.history.navy.mil/research/h ... bec-i.html

Monongahela — https://www.history.navy.mil/research/h ... ela-i.html

Oneida — https://www.history.navy.mil/research/h ... da-ii.html

Ossipee — https://www.history.navy.mil/research/h ... sipee.html

Owasco — https://www.history.navy.mil/research/h ... wasco.html

Pembina — https://www.history.navy.mil/research/h ... ina-i.html

Pensacola — https://www.history.navy.mil/research/h ... ola-i.html

Pinola — https://www.history.navy.mil/research/h ... ola-i.html

Pocahontas — https://www.history.navy.mil/research/h ... tas-i.html

Potomac — https://www.history.navy.mil/research/h ... mac-i.html

R. R. Cuyler — https://www.history.navy.mil/research/h ... nboat.html

Rattler — https://www.history.navy.mil/research/h ... ttler.html

Richmond — https://www.history.navy.mil/research/h ... nd-ii.html

Sam Houston — https://www.history.navy.mil/research/h ... ton-i.html

Susquehanna — https://www.history.navy.mil/research/h ... nna-i.html
https://www.history.navy.mil/content/hi ... 179501.jpg

Tennessee — https://www.history.navy.mil/research/h ... see-i.html

Union — https://www.history.navy.mil/research/h ... n-iii.html

[Michael]

The voyage for 1863 was completed, with very many thanks to Randi for her always careful and accurate work. These early logs are a mess, but Randi was up to the challenge. There were no people mentioned. 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.

These are the weather statistics for this voyage:

Weather Element	Records
DirT	7,186
Kts	6,912
Baro	3,101
Dry	4,855
Water	556
Weather	7,083
Total	29,693

Lackawanna travelled a total of 3,738 miles.