The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-'65; Its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to Exhibit Expecially Its Moral and Political Phases, with the Drift and Progress of American Opinion Respecting Human Slavery, from 1776 to the Close of the War for the Union, Volume 2O. D. Case, 1867 - Slavery |
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Page 34
... gun- boats with supplies from below . He found the river , however , at an un- usually low stage for the season- barely four feet ; while the gunboats required six or seven ; beside which , the Mound City , which attempted the ascent ...
... gun- boats with supplies from below . He found the river , however , at an un- usually low stage for the season- barely four feet ; while the gunboats required six or seven ; beside which , the Mound City , which attempted the ascent ...
Page 35
... gunboats and transports , had gone down the river barely 24 hours previous . Being short of provisions , in a thoroughly inhospitable country , he had no choice but to make his way to the most ac- cessible point on the Mississippi ...
... gunboats and transports , had gone down the river barely 24 hours previous . Being short of provisions , in a thoroughly inhospitable country , he had no choice but to make his way to the most ac- cessible point on the Mississippi ...
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... gunboats , four of them partially iron - clad . Leaving Cairo " with some 15,000 men on steam transports , he moved up the Ohio to the mouth of the Tennessee , then as- cended that stream to within ten miles of Fort Henry , where his ...
... gunboats , four of them partially iron - clad . Leaving Cairo " with some 15,000 men on steam transports , he moved up the Ohio to the mouth of the Tennessee , then as- cended that stream to within ten miles of Fort Henry , where his ...
Page 48
... gunboats in fighting condition . Floyd , however , not concurring in that view of the matter , decided to assume at once a vigorous offensive , while his men were elated with their defeat of the gunboats . Massing ' heavily on his ...
... gunboats in fighting condition . Floyd , however , not concurring in that view of the matter , decided to assume at once a vigorous offensive , while his men were elated with their defeat of the gunboats . Massing ' heavily on his ...
Page 52
... gunboats Conestoga. compelled to destroy not less than half a million dollars ' worth of munitions , including many arms . Large quantities of provisions and other stores , industriously collected throughout the preceding Fall and Winter ...
... gunboats Conestoga. compelled to destroy not less than half a million dollars ' worth of munitions , including many arms . Large quantities of provisions and other stores , industriously collected throughout the preceding Fall and Winter ...
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