In the second Battle of Fort Fisher, the US flag on the monitor Canonicus had to be replaced. Quartermaster Daniel Dickinson went out on the deck and replaced it while under fire from the guns of the fort. For this action, he received the Congressional Medal of Honor.
his action is mentioned in the book "Deeds of Valor: Vol. 2" page 79. A painting of him doing this exists.
There are photographs and paintings at www.navsource.org/archives/01/canonicus.
The ship was hit four times in the first attack and 36 in the second. During the second fight, the Canonicus is credited with knocking out two of Fisher's guns.
Brave Man. --B-R'er
The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.
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Monday, January 25, 2010
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Monitors Built at Cincinnati, Ohio
While looking for the monitor built by Greenwood's company, I came across two Canonicus class monitors built by the Alexander Swift & Co.
One was the USS Catawba, a harbor and river monitor, launched 13 April 1864 and delivered to the Navy 7 June 1865, too late to see action in the war. It mounted two 15-inch Dahlgren cannons. It was placed in ordinary in Mound City, Illinois, and then sold back to the builder.
It was then sold to the Peruvian Navy, but legal problems kept it from delivery for awhile. Once in the Peruvian navy, it was renamed the Atahualpa and later scuttled in 1881 to prevent capture by Chile.
The other monitor built by Swift & Company shared a similar fate. The USS Oneota, also a Canonicus class monitor arrived too late to be of service in the war. It was at New Orleans until 1869 when it was sold to Peru and renamed the Manco Capoc. It was later scuttled in 1880 to prevent capture by Chile.
The wreck is still intact about two and a half miles offshore in 200 feet of water.
Three other Canonicus monitors participate against Fort Fisher: Canonicus, Saugus, and Mahopac.
Next, Greenwood's Monitor. --Old B-Runner
One was the USS Catawba, a harbor and river monitor, launched 13 April 1864 and delivered to the Navy 7 June 1865, too late to see action in the war. It mounted two 15-inch Dahlgren cannons. It was placed in ordinary in Mound City, Illinois, and then sold back to the builder.
It was then sold to the Peruvian Navy, but legal problems kept it from delivery for awhile. Once in the Peruvian navy, it was renamed the Atahualpa and later scuttled in 1881 to prevent capture by Chile.
The other monitor built by Swift & Company shared a similar fate. The USS Oneota, also a Canonicus class monitor arrived too late to be of service in the war. It was at New Orleans until 1869 when it was sold to Peru and renamed the Manco Capoc. It was later scuttled in 1880 to prevent capture by Chile.
The wreck is still intact about two and a half miles offshore in 200 feet of water.
Three other Canonicus monitors participate against Fort Fisher: Canonicus, Saugus, and Mahopac.
Next, Greenwood's Monitor. --Old B-Runner
Thursday, May 21, 2009
More on the USS Canonicus
The ship was named for the chief of the Narragansett Indians. In the first attack on Fort Fisher, it sustained two hits and put two guns at the fort out of commission. In the second attack, it was hit 36 times and twice had the flag shot away. No one was killed, but three wounded.
Quartermaster Daniel D. Stevens received a medal of Honor for replacing the flag under fire.
The Canonicus was decommissioned, but in 1872 was operational again and cruised the waters of the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico. After that. it was frequently out of commission.
Again, It is Too Bad That This Ship Could Not Have Been Saved. --Old B-Runner
Quartermaster Daniel D. Stevens received a medal of Honor for replacing the flag under fire.
The Canonicus was decommissioned, but in 1872 was operational again and cruised the waters of the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico. After that. it was frequently out of commission.
Again, It is Too Bad That This Ship Could Not Have Been Saved. --Old B-Runner
Last Civil War Monitor
It seems a shame, but a Union monitor survived into the 20th century, 1908,when it was sold and scrapped. Too bad someone did not have the foresight to save it at the time.
That ship would be the USS Canonicus, 1864 to 1908. She was put on display at the 1907 Jamestown Exhibition and scrapped the next year. She was the name ship of her class of nine monitors weighing in at 2100 tons. Built in Boston,Massachusetts and commissioned in April 1864 and served in the James River and was at Fort Fisher.
From March 28, 2008, http://edisoneffect.blogspot.com This had three good photos of the ship as well.
Too Bad, Too Late. --Da B-R
That ship would be the USS Canonicus, 1864 to 1908. She was put on display at the 1907 Jamestown Exhibition and scrapped the next year. She was the name ship of her class of nine monitors weighing in at 2100 tons. Built in Boston,Massachusetts and commissioned in April 1864 and served in the James River and was at Fort Fisher.
From March 28, 2008, http://edisoneffect.blogspot.com This had three good photos of the ship as well.
Too Bad, Too Late. --Da B-R
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