. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . by Gen. Anderson. -Mississippi Squadron flagship BlackHawk burnt at Mound City. -Confed. ram Jicbb escapes past theUnion fleet on the Red River; is runashore below Xew Orleans, deserted, andblown up. MAY, 1865. by Com. F,. Farrand, C. S. N.,of vessels under his connnand to ActingRear-Adml. Thatcher, commanding West(iulf Sciuadron, agreed upon. of the Confed. ram Stonewallto .S]),ish authorities in Cuba. -Forts ^L^nna]lasset and Griffin, and th
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . by Gen. Anderson. -Mississippi Squadron flagship BlackHawk burnt at Mound City. -Confed. ram Jicbb escapes past theUnion fleet on the Red River; is runashore below Xew Orleans, deserted, andblown up. MAY, 1865. by Com. F,. Farrand, C. S. N.,of vessels under his connnand to ActingRear-Adml. Thatcher, commanding West(iulf Sciuadron, agreed upon. of the Confed. ram Stonewallto .S]),ish authorities in Cuba. -Forts ^L^nna]lasset and Griffin, and thedefenses of .Sabine Pass, occupied byActing Re;ir-Adml. Thatcher. JUNE, 1865. -The Confed. ironclad Missouri, in RedRiver, surrenders to Fitzhuiih. [:h^z] * -^ 4WW1->. > NS t41 A MSIOX OF THE ]}V-(iONETHE SLOOP-OPMVAR PORTSMOUTH OF THE OLD NAVY Here is a sight the Hke of which never will be seen again—the U. S. sloop-of-warPortsmouth at anchor and drying out her sails. An honorable record did thisold cor\ette le;i\c l)ohind her. Of the type of vessel that had fought in the Warof 1812, she had gone through the Mexican War. aTid had chased and capturedmany a slaver. But a year or so ago, .she was still afloat as the training-ship of theNew Jersey state militia. She has every sail uj) except her head-sails and studdingsails. As can be seen at a glance, she was a very lofty craft, and though clewedlip, she has her sky-sails, her royals, her topgallant-sails, her topsails, set on everymast. Excellent, whether sailing, steering, working, scudding, lying to, or ridingat anchor in a seaway, she sometimes got her sternboard in stays. AVith thissingle exception, re])orted Commander Armstrong, she possesses the finestqualities of any shij) I ever sailed iphotographichist06mill
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