. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . disabled three guns and killed anengineer. The whole number of the killedand wounded could not be ascertained. Thecommander of the Confederate batteries ac-knowledged that the casualties were greaterand the damage to the guns more serious onthe day of the Carondelef s attack than on thefollowing day, when the whole fleet was en-gaged. The practice of the gunners of theCaronde/et, being much more deliberate onthe first day of the battle (owing to ampletime and a partly sheltered position), musthave been far superior to the ])ractice of thegun
. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . disabled three guns and killed anengineer. The whole number of the killedand wounded could not be ascertained. Thecommander of the Confederate batteries ac-knowledged that the casualties were greaterand the damage to the guns more serious onthe day of the Carondelef s attack than on thefollowing day, when the whole fleet was en-gaged. The practice of the gunners of theCaronde/et, being much more deliberate onthe first day of the battle (owing to ampletime and a partly sheltered position), musthave been far superior to the ])ractice of thegunners of the fleet on the second day, underthe excitement and hurry of an attack at close({uarters, with the enemys heavy shot con-stantly striking and crashing through the sidesof their vessels. At 11:30 on the night of the 13th Flag-Officer Foote arrived below Fort Donelsonwith the iron-clads S/. Louis, Louisville, andPittsbur^^h, and the wooden gun-boats Taylorantl Coiicstoga. On the 14th all the hardmaterials in the vessels, such as chains, lum-. ANDREW HULL FOOTE, REAR-ADMIRAL U. S. N. (DIED JUNE 26, 1S63.)(FROM A PHOTOGRAPH PY K. AND II. T. ANTHONY.) OPERATIONS OF THE WESTERN FLOTILLA. 435 !ber, and bags of coal, were laid on theupper decks to protect them from the plung-ing shots of the enemy. At 3 oclock in theafternoon our fleet advanced to attack thefort, the Louisville being on the west side ofthe river, the St. Louis (flag-steamer) next,then the PittsburgJi and Caroiidt-lct on the eastside of the river. The wooden gun-boats wereabout a thousand yards in the rear. Whenwe started in line abreast, at a moderatespeed, the Louisville and Fillsl)itri:;li, not keep-ing up to their positions, were hailed from theflag-steamer to steam up. At 3:30, whenabout a mile and a half from the fort, twoshots were fired at us, both foiling within a mile of the fort the St. Louisopened fire, and the other iron-clads followed,slowly and deliberately at first, but morerapidly as
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