. The naval history of the Civil War . fter stating thedamages received by the Federal vessels,and quoting the opinions of all the princi-pal officers that a continuation of the at-tack would have resulted in the destructionof the squadron, the chronicler suddenlychanges his course, as if impressed by anew idea, and attempts to show that a pro-longation of the struggle would have led toa Union victory, and that the opinions often brave and experienced officers were ofno account whatever! There was no officer in the Navy whosereputation stood higher than that of Du-pont. He had gallantly won th
. The naval history of the Civil War . fter stating thedamages received by the Federal vessels,and quoting the opinions of all the princi-pal officers that a continuation of the at-tack would have resulted in the destructionof the squadron, the chronicler suddenlychanges his course, as if impressed by anew idea, and attempts to show that a pro-longation of the struggle would have led toa Union victory, and that the opinions often brave and experienced officers were ofno account whatever! There was no officer in the Navy whosereputation stood higher than that of Du-pont. He had gallantly won the first navalbattle of any importance in the war. andhad shown so much ability at Port Royalas to entitle him to the full confidence ofthe Government, and his opinions shouldhave been preferred in all matters relatingto his command to those of any other per-son. The belief was general at the timethat Dupont was not well treated by theNavy Department—a belief which prevailsin the Navy to this day. When the Department commenced
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