. The naval history of the Civil War . ed themselves up after their vessels hadbeen deserted. Rear-Admiral Davis says :•It is with pleasure that I call the attentionof the Department to his personal zeal andactivity, the more conspicuous because dis-played while the mortar-boats under hiscommand could take no part in the action. Two of the enemys rams, the Price slow moving and awkward iron-clads offthe face of the river. Who can tell whatthey felt when they saw the Confederatefleet sunk, blown up, or burnt—for it was anawful sight to see a ship going down in aninstant with all on board, not e
. The naval history of the Civil War . ed themselves up after their vessels hadbeen deserted. Rear-Admiral Davis says :•It is with pleasure that I call the attentionof the Department to his personal zeal andactivity, the more conspicuous because dis-played while the mortar-boats under hiscommand could take no part in the action. Two of the enemys rams, the Price slow moving and awkward iron-clads offthe face of the river. Who can tell whatthey felt when they saw the Confederatefleet sunk, blown up, or burnt—for it was anawful sight to see a ship going down in aninstant with all on board, not even hermasts appearing above the deep waters ofthe Mississippi. Can any one who wit-nessed the battle ever forget the heart-rend-ing shrieks of drowning men as thewaters closed over their heads, or thesounds of woe that went up from relativesand friends upon the river bank who wit-nessed the appalling scene ! The •Lovellwas the first vessel thatwent to the bottom, giving the spectatorsa fair idea of what would be the fate of all. Queen. Little Rebel. Louisville. Cairo. Sumter. St. Louis. Benton. Lovell. Jeff. Thompson. BATTLE OF MEMPHIS. ENEMY RETREATING.—(DRAWN BY REAR-ADMIRAL WAXKE.) and the Bragg, were sea-going vessels,strongly built and heavily armed, each ofthem being superior to any in Ellets doubt the enemy calculated a great dealon them. They were saved and refitted,and afterwards formed part of the Unionfleet in Western waters. The Sumterand Little Rebel were also saved andmade use of, but all the rest were destroyedby sinking or blowing up. To those who stood on the river bank atMemphis, this battle must have appearedlike a horrid dream, so different was theresult from what they had were assembled the relatives of thosewho manned the powerful and swift ves-sels, which were fully expected to wipe the the rest. Many human beings were buffet-ing the waves while the battle was goingon, and the cry fo
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