. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . REVIEW Of REVIEWS CO. FIGHTERS AFLOAT—GUNBOAT MEN ON THE ]MENDOTA Here on the deck of the Mendota on tlie James River, late in 64, has gathered a typical group of gunboatmen. While there are some foreign faces among them, many (particularly the younger ones) betoken thenative American that responded to the call to arms by enlisting in the navy. At the outbreak of the warthere were Ijut se\en thousand six hundred sailors in the Federal navy. It was a matter of no small
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . REVIEW Of REVIEWS CO. FIGHTERS AFLOAT—GUNBOAT MEN ON THE ]MENDOTA Here on the deck of the Mendota on tlie James River, late in 64, has gathered a typical group of gunboatmen. While there are some foreign faces among them, many (particularly the younger ones) betoken thenative American that responded to the call to arms by enlisting in the navy. At the outbreak of the warthere were Ijut se\en thousand six hundred sailors in the Federal navy. It was a matter of no small diffi-culty to procure crews promptly for the new vessels that were being converted and constructed so rapidly,especially when the military service was making such frequent and sweejjing requisitions u|)on the a})le-bodied men of the comitry. Nevertheless, at the close of the war the number of sailors in the navy had])eeii increased to fifty-one thousand five hundred. It was an even more difficidt problem to secure com-petent officers. Volunteers were called for by the Navy Department at the very outset of the struggle
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