Identifier: navalbattlesofam00ship (find matches)
Title: Naval battles of America; great and decisive contests on the sea from colonial times to the present, including our glorious victories at Manila and Santiago;
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Shippen, Edward, 1826- (from old catalog)
Subjects: United States. Navy
Publisher: Philadelphia, P. W. Ziegler co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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dPensacola into the river. The Mississippi, althoughlightened in every possible way, had to be draggedthrough at least a foot of mud. When the arduous labor was finished, and the time foraction arrived, Butlers troops were embarked on thetransports, and Porters mortar-schooners were placedon each bank, below the forts; being protected from theview of those in the batteries by the forest trees, and byhaving great branches lashed at their mast-heads, whichblended with the foliage on the banks. The mortars threw shells weighing two hundred andeighty-five pounds, and their fire was guided by a carefultriangulation, made by Mr. Gerdes, of the Coast Survey.Fort Jackson received most of the shells, of which abouta thousand a day were thrown, for six days. The Con-federates had a good many killed and wounded by thismeans, and much damage was done, but the forts werenot silenced; and Lieutenant Weitzel reported, after theirsurrender, that they were as strong as before the firsfshell was fired.
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FARRAGUT AT NEW ORLEAN&. * 189 One schooner was sunk, and one steamer disabled bythe return fire from the fort. In the course of the delay waiting for the result of thebombardment, many of Farraguts ships were damagedby collisions, caused by strong winds and currents, andby efforts to avoid the fire-rafts which the enemy sentdown. Only one of the latter put the ships in anydanger, and that was at last turned off. These fire-raftswere flatboats piled with dry >vood, sprinkled with tarand turpentine. They were towed out of the way by theships boats. Farragut had issued orders to his commanding ofificersin regard to preparing their ships for this particularservice. After providing for the top hamper, and dis-pensing with many masts and spars, he says, Makearrangements, if possible, to mount one or two guns onthe poop and top-gallant-forecastle ; in other words, beprepared to use as many guns as possible, ahead andastern, to protect yourself against the enemys gun-boatsand batterie

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