. The Civil War through the camera : hundreds of vivid photographs actually taken in Civil War times, together with Elson's new history . ADMIRAL J. L. WORDEN Monitor was struck ninetimes on her turret, twice onthe pilot-house, thrice on thedeck, and eight times on theside. While Greene was fight-ing nobly in the turret, Wordenwith the helmsman in the pilot-house was bravely maneuver-ing his vessel and seeking toram his huge antagonist. Twicehe almost succeeded and bothtimes Greenes guns were usedon the Virginia at point-blank range with telling the close of the actionWorden was
. The Civil War through the camera : hundreds of vivid photographs actually taken in Civil War times, together with Elson's new history . ADMIRAL J. L. WORDEN Monitor was struck ninetimes on her turret, twice onthe pilot-house, thrice on thedeck, and eight times on theside. While Greene was fight-ing nobly in the turret, Wordenwith the helmsman in the pilot-house was bravely maneuver-ing his vessel and seeking toram his huge antagonist. Twicehe almost succeeded and bothtimes Greenes guns were usedon the Virginia at point-blank range with telling the close of the actionWorden was blinded by a shellstriking near one of the peep-holes in the pilot-house andthe command devolved uponGreene. Worden, even in hisagony of pain while the doctorwas attending his injuries,askedconstantly about the progress ofthe battle; and when told thatthe Minnesota was safe, hesaid, Then I can die THK (dMMAM)EH OF THE FEDERAL FLEET AT NEW ORLEANS Who is this Farragut? So the younger generation of Americans must have wondered, at the news of late Janu-ary, 1862. Farragut was to have a flag in the Gulf and was expected to capture New Orleans. Thus far in theWar, he had done nothing but sit on an obscure retiring board in the Navy Department at Washington. But Com-mander David D. Porter knew him, for it was with Porters own father in the famous old Essex that Farragutas a mere boy had proved worthy to command a fighting ship. And now it was Porter who had recommended himfor a task considered gravely dangerous by all, foolhardy by not a few. This was no less than to pass the fortsbelow New Orleans, defeat a powerful and determined Confederate flotilla, capture the city, and then sweep up theMississippi and split the Confederacy in two. To this Farragut rigidly held himself and the brave men under him,when, in the dark hour before dawn of April H, 1862, they faced the terrible bomba
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