The war with the south: a history of the late rebellion with biographical sketches of leading statesmen and distinguished naval and military commanders, etc, Volume 3Virtue & Yorston, 1867 - 738 pages |
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... vessels were destroyed by the fleet , in its course up Bayou Teche . The capture of Fort Butte La Rose , on the Grand , a branch of the Atchafalaya , which yielded after a slight resistance , was a naval success of no little importance ...
... vessels were destroyed by the fleet , in its course up Bayou Teche . The capture of Fort Butte La Rose , on the Grand , a branch of the Atchafalaya , which yielded after a slight resistance , was a naval success of no little importance ...
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... vessel as it passed . The plan was an admirable one , and succeeded to a charm . * * Correspondent of N. Y. Herald ... vessels generally from running into each other . " And now was heard a thundering roar , equal in volume to a whole ...
... vessel as it passed . The plan was an admirable one , and succeeded to a charm . * * Correspondent of N. Y. Herald ... vessels generally from running into each other . " And now was heard a thundering roar , equal in volume to a whole ...
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... vessels were about to run into us or into each other . All this time the fire was kept up on both sides incessantly . It seems , however , that we succeeded in silencing the lower batteries of field pieces . 66 While a brisk fire was ...
... vessels were about to run into us or into each other . All this time the fire was kept up on both sides incessantly . It seems , however , that we succeeded in silencing the lower batteries of field pieces . 66 While a brisk fire was ...
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... vessels besides . * * * * * " Denser and denser be- came the dark volume of smoke , render- ing it next to impossible for the pilot to know where to put the vessel's head . Lieutenant Terry , therefore , stationed himself at the head of ...
... vessels besides . * * * * * " Denser and denser be- came the dark volume of smoke , render- ing it next to impossible for the pilot to know where to put the vessel's head . Lieutenant Terry , therefore , stationed himself at the head of ...
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... vessels had been destroyed , nor how many . We had the satisfaction of learning soon afterward , however , that the Hartford and the Albatross had succeeded in rounding the point above the batteries . All the rest were compelled to ...
... vessels had been destroyed , nor how many . We had the satisfaction of learning soon afterward , however , that the Hartford and the Albatross had succeeded in rounding the point above the batteries . All the rest were compelled to ...
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