. The naval history of the Civil War . els were at their posts as usual, readyto prevent the ingress or egress of anyvessel. The claim of the Confederates that theblockade had been raised by the raid oftheir two rams was, of course, absurd. Toraise a blockade, it would be necessary todrive away the blockading vessels alto- gether and hold the positions they occupied,yet, strange to say, the foreign consuls atCharleston, and an officer commanding oneof Her Britannic Majestys ships-of-war,united in a statement that the blockade ofCharleston had been raised ! The New Ironsides, Powhatan, and Cana
. The naval history of the Civil War . els were at their posts as usual, readyto prevent the ingress or egress of anyvessel. The claim of the Confederates that theblockade had been raised by the raid oftheir two rams was, of course, absurd. Toraise a blockade, it would be necessary todrive away the blockading vessels alto- gether and hold the positions they occupied,yet, strange to say, the foreign consuls atCharleston, and an officer commanding oneof Her Britannic Majestys ships-of-war,united in a statement that the blockade ofCharleston had been raised ! The New Ironsides, Powhatan, and Canandaigua were immediately addedto the force off Charleston, which, withoutfurther argument, settled the question. Theport of Charleston remained blockaded moreclosely than ever, and it was generally ac-cepted by the world that the gentlemen whohad put their names to a paper stating theblockade had been raised had prostitutedtheir offices, by giving currency to a state-ment which could not have been forcedupon their conviction as CAPTAIN PERCIVAI. DRAYTON, U. S. N. On the 1st of February Admiral Dupontreceived notice of the capture of a gun-boat. It seems that the Isaac Smith,Acting-Lieutenant-Commanding F. S. Con-over, was sent up Stone River to make areconnaissance. No enemy was seen; butwhen the vessel was on her way back threeconcealed batteries opened a concentratedfire on her from heavy rifle-guns. Thegun-boat McDonough. Lieutenant-Com-mander Bacon, was at anchor down theriver, and on hearing the firing got under-way, and went to the assistance of theIsaac Smith; but owing to the number,position and weight of the enemys gunscould render no aid without the certaintyof losing his own vessel. The Isaac Smith was aground and enveloped in a cloud ofvapor, and the McDonough was soon OF THE CIVIL WAR. 371 driven off by the superior range of theenemys fire. The commanding officer of the IsaacSmith endeavored to get out of the trap inwhich he found himself by dropping belowt
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