The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government1881 |
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... Gunboats on the Western Rivers . - Their Capture . The most Illustrious Example . - The Indianola . - Her Capture . -The Ram Arkansas . - Descent of the Yazoo River . - Report of her Com- mander . - Runs through the Enemy's Fleet ...
... Gunboats on the Western Rivers . - Their Capture . The most Illustrious Example . - The Indianola . - Her Capture . -The Ram Arkansas . - Descent of the Yazoo River . - Report of her Com- mander . - Runs through the Enemy's Fleet ...
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... gunboats against land defenses had not yet been shown , and the low position of the fort brought the battery to the water - level , and secured the advantage of ricochet firing , the most effective against wooden ships . Fort Donelson ...
... gunboats against land defenses had not yet been shown , and the low position of the fort brought the battery to the water - level , and secured the advantage of ricochet firing , the most effective against wooden ships . Fort Donelson ...
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... gunboats and for converting the ordi- nary side - wheel , high - pressure steamboats into gunboats . But the engineer department , though anxious to avail itself of this means of defense , decided that it was not feasible . There was ...
... gunboats and for converting the ordi- nary side - wheel , high - pressure steamboats into gunboats . But the engineer department , though anxious to avail itself of this means of defense , decided that it was not feasible . There was ...
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... gunboats . On the 4th the landing of the troops commenced three miles or more below Fort Henry . Gen- eral Grant ... gunboats , he changed his purpose , abandoned all hope of a successful defense , and made arrangements for the escape of ...
... gunboats . On the 4th the landing of the troops commenced three miles or more below Fort Henry . Gen- eral Grant ... gunboats , he changed his purpose , abandoned all hope of a successful defense , and made arrangements for the escape of ...
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... gunboats . On the ironclad Essex a cannon - ball ranged her and as many as fifty - nine of their shots were counted as striking the fort . The officers and men inside were not slow to respond , Waverly Road Lucas ' Battery Gray's ...
... gunboats . On the ironclad Essex a cannon - ball ranged her and as many as fifty - nine of their shots were counted as striking the fort . The officers and men inside were not slow to respond , Waverly Road Lucas ' Battery Gray's ...
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