Our navy in time of war (1861-1898) . LURES OFF CIIAKLESTON. From the time the war began, in 1S61, until itended, in 1865, the !N^orth tried many times to cap-ture Charleston, S. C, from tlie sea. All theseefforts failed, and it was not until General Shermanwith his army appeared in the rear of the city, in18G5, that it fell. The Xorth, early in the war, sent agroup of vessels to blockade the port of December 20, 1861, the ^orth sunk twentyschooners loaded with stone in the various ship chan-nels to the port to keep vessels from going in or twenty schooners were called
Our navy in time of war (1861-1898) . LURES OFF CIIAKLESTON. From the time the war began, in 1S61, until itended, in 1865, the !N^orth tried many times to cap-ture Charleston, S. C, from tlie sea. All theseefforts failed, and it was not until General Shermanwith his army appeared in the rear of the city, in18G5, that it fell. The Xorth, early in the war, sent agroup of vessels to blockade the port of December 20, 1861, the ^orth sunk twentyschooners loaded with stone in the various ship chan-nels to the port to keep vessels from going in or twenty schooners were called the stone barrier had some effect, but the tide and the cur-rents soon opened new channels, and the watch by theEorthern vessels off the bar had to be constant andactive. After Admiral Dupont liad won his great victory at Port Royal, and after the Monitor had shown how useful that type of vessel was, the Xorth decided to build, as quickly as possible, several more monitors, and to place them under the command of Admiral 119. OO to FAILURES OFF CHARLESTON. 121 Diipont, with tlie idea of capturing Charleston. Itwas in the port of Charleston that the civil war actu-ally began, and the South, as a matter of pride as wellas of defense, meant to keep the Northern soldiersand sailors out of Charleston until the very last, andit succeeded. During the latter part of 1861 andduring all of 1802 it fortified the harbor and madeit very strong with earthworks, barriers in the chan-nels, torpedoes, and mines,, in addition to the strongstone forts that WTre there when the war began. Themain ship channel ran directly north from the oceaninto the harbor and close to Morris Island on the westof that entrance. Having passed Morris Island, aship entering the port would come in direct rangeof Fort Sumter on an island in the harbor, and alsowithin range of several forts and earthworks on Sul-livans Island which guarded the northern entranceto the port. All along the shore of Morris Island,
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