. The naval history of the Civil War . outhern privateers,and is considered what the Depart-ment did under all the adverse circumstan-ces attending the execution of these re-quirements, the highest praise cannot bewithheld from those who managed itsoperations. Every man who held position of honorand trust in the Navy Department in thosetrying times is dead and gone, and the mul-tiplying events of a quarter of a centuryhave crowded out for a time the greatworks which emanated from their conjointexertions; but those who will take thetrouble to hunt up and read over the docu-mentary hist
. The naval history of the Civil War . outhern privateers,and is considered what the Depart-ment did under all the adverse circumstan-ces attending the execution of these re-quirements, the highest praise cannot bewithheld from those who managed itsoperations. Every man who held position of honorand trust in the Navy Department in thosetrying times is dead and gone, and the mul-tiplying events of a quarter of a centuryhave crowded out for a time the greatworks which emanated from their conjointexertions; but those who will take thetrouble to hunt up and read over the docu-mentary history of the times, will findample evidence that to the Navy Depart-ment and the Navy is the present genera-tion largely indebted for the happy conditionof affairs now existing in a united country—a prosperity never exceeded in the historyof the land—and the most substantial proofsthat the Navy will always be found fore-most to support this union of States, nomatter what may be the sacrifices made byits officers and other o ccowcco Li. ace- OS E- E-QSOu. CO00 DCCu <C c/THco COCO UJ oo ta re E— t-cco < E-E- < ;24! CHAPTER II. BOMBARDMENT AND FALL OF FORT SUMTER.—DESTRUCTION OF THENORFOLK NAVY YARD BY THE FEDERAL OFFICERS. First Gun of the Civil War Fired.—Batteries at Cummings Point.— Battery.—Capt. Hamiltons Floating Battery.—Major Anderson.—Sumter Returns the Fire.—Unequal Contest.—Tardy Attempts to RelieveSumter.—Indignant People.—Andersons Gallant Fight, and Surrender to theSecessionists.—Effect of the Surrender of Sumter.—Lincolns Position TowardVirginia.—Gen. Scott and the Virginians.—Commodore McCauley.—Secrets ofthe Navy Department Made Known by Disloyal Officers.—Conspirators atWork.—A Plot to Seize Norfolk Navy Yard.—The Navy Department Powerless.—Commodore Paulding Summoned.—Hostile Attitude of the People of Norfolkand Portsmouth.—Vessels at the Norfolk Navy Yard.—Ships that wereHistori
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