. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . 1. All thoughts were concentrated uponthe 2)rotection of the national capital, and besides offering tliisjjrotection on the water, the navy, at first, played scout for theland forces as well. There was a constant and painstaking in-spection of the river; ol)servations were made to see if prepar-ations for batteries were in progress, and every effort was madeto prevent communication between the northern and southernshores. It was actually the beginning of the blockade,
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . 1. All thoughts were concentrated uponthe 2)rotection of the national capital, and besides offering tliisjjrotection on the water, the navy, at first, played scout for theland forces as well. There was a constant and painstaking in-spection of the river; ol)servations were made to see if prepar-ations for batteries were in progress, and every effort was madeto prevent communication between the northern and southernshores. It was actually the beginning of the blockade, al-though the Confederates were first in the field with their at-tempts to intercept transports and steamers on the way toWashington. On the 14th of INIay. I>ieutenant Sproston, com-manding the Mount Vernon, discovered an earth battery in thecourse of erection at Aquia Creek. The Federal flotilla in the Potomac, at the time hostilitiesbegan, was composed of small vessels of light draft, whosearmament i^recluded them from any close or lengthy actionwith land batteries that possessed heavier guns. The sloop-of- [92] 0 V. COPYRIGHT, 1911,T1GVIEW OF HEVIEWS CO. 0\ THP: PAWNEE—the SHIP THAT SAW SUMTER CAPTURED The quiirtenlock and sturl)i)ar(l battery ofU. S. S. Pawnee appear here from photo-graphs taken in Charleston Harbor. Here onthe morning of April 12, 1861, oiBcers and crewwatched in an agony of suspense the pitiless ironrain that fell upon Sumter in the bombardmenttliat began the Civil War. The Pawnee, thePoeohontas, the Harriet Lane, and the Baltic, together with two tugs, had sailed fromNew York with pro\isions and reenforcementsfor Major Andersons little garrison. As thevessels approached Charleston Harbor, beforedaylight of .\pril 12th, they heard the boom ofshotted gims; and in the gray dawn, smoke rosesullenly in the direction of Sumter. When daylightdisclosed the Stars and Stripes still waving overthe fort, amid the roar of hea\} artillery, Com-
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