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Title: The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Miller, Francis Trevelyan, 1877-1959 Lanier, Robert S. (Robert Sampson), 1880-
Subjects: United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Pictorial works United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865
Publisher: New York : Review of Reviews Co.
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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on, Texas, with its garrison of.iOO men, recaptured by Confederatesluider Gen. j\Ligruder, and 2 steamers,Bayou City and Xeptune. 6 Federalgunboats were ir. the harbor. The Har-riet Lane was captured after a severefight, in which Commander Wainwrightwas killed, and some of his crew. Fed-eral flagshi)) Westfield was blown up byCommander Renshaw, to avoid capture,by which he lost his life, with many ofthe crew. -U. S. S. Ilatteras, Lieut.-Comdr. H. C.Blake, sunk off Galveston, Tex., bv Con-fed. steamer .4labama. 100 of the Fed-eral crew captured. -Four Union gunboats under Lieut.-Comdr. Buchanan, assisted by Gen.Wtitzels troops, engaged the Confed.iron-clad gunboat J. .i. Cotton, whichwas aided by Confed. artillery, on theBayou Teche, La. The Cotton was de-stroyed after several hours combat.Lieut.-Comdr. Buchanan was killed. -Confed. cruiser Florida escaped fromMobile. -First attack on Fort McAllister, Ga. -U. S. gunboat Isaac Smith captured inStono River, S. C. 11. 14. 16. 37.30. :;i(i
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REV.EW OF REV.EWS CO. DISCUSSING THE PLANS—PORTER AND MEADE On the left sits Rear-Admiral Da\-id Dixon Porter, in conference with Major-General George Gordon Meade. There were manysuch interviews both on shore and aboard the Malvern before the details of the expedition against Fort Fisher were finally settled.Porter had been promised the necessary troops to cooperate in an attack on the fort, but it was months before they were finally de-tache<l and actually embarked. Grant and Meade had their hands full in the military operations aroimd Petersburg and Richmondand could not give much attention to the expedition. General Butler had more time at his disposal anrl proposed a plan for ex-ploding close to Fort Fisher a vessel loaded with powder. This was bravely carried out by tlic ua\\- liut proved entirely futile. Sm^ortaut Naual lEugagrmruts of tl;r diuil Mar 31.—CoiifVd. armed iron-clad rams. PalmettoState and Chicora, and 3 steamers, mi-der Flag-Officer Ingrahara, came downChar

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