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Page 338
... gunboats , getting nearer in shore , directed an effective fire against the works ; but , before the action had lasted quite an hour , an unlucky casualty occurred in the fleet . A shot struck the gunboat Essex , entering the starboard ...
... gunboats , getting nearer in shore , directed an effective fire against the works ; but , before the action had lasted quite an hour , an unlucky casualty occurred in the fleet . A shot struck the gunboat Essex , entering the starboard ...
Page 344
... gunboats entered the narrow channel of Croatan Sound . Feeling his inability to cope with so powerful an enemy , Commodore Lynch withdrew his gunboats under cover of the batteries . By noon , the firing was general , and Wise , who was ...
... gunboats entered the narrow channel of Croatan Sound . Feeling his inability to cope with so powerful an enemy , Commodore Lynch withdrew his gunboats under cover of the batteries . By noon , the firing was general , and Wise , who was ...
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... gunboats at Vicksburg . It was hoped that a simultaneous attack by land and water would take place on the 5th of August ; but the Arkansas broke down , when about fifteen miles above Bâton Rouge . The regiments under Breckinridge had ...
... gunboats at Vicksburg . It was hoped that a simultaneous attack by land and water would take place on the 5th of August ; but the Arkansas broke down , when about fifteen miles above Bâton Rouge . The regiments under Breckinridge had ...
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