. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . r the troops and trainsfrom that 2)oint, Goodes Bridge for troops from Richmond,and a jiontoon bridge at Genito for all not connected witli thearmy; but by reason of high water, which covered the ap-proaches, Bevills Bridge was useless. The pontoons for Gen-ito, which were ordered from Richmond two days before, failedto arrive, and thus everything converged at Goodes Bridgeand the railroad bridge at JNIattoax. This awkward situation was relieved to some extent byhurriedly laying a rough ])lank flooring over the rails on therailroad
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . r the troops and trainsfrom that 2)oint, Goodes Bridge for troops from Richmond,and a jiontoon bridge at Genito for all not connected witli thearmy; but by reason of high water, which covered the ap-proaches, Bevills Bridge was useless. The pontoons for Gen-ito, which were ordered from Richmond two days before, failedto arrive, and thus everything converged at Goodes Bridgeand the railroad bridge at JNIattoax. This awkward situation was relieved to some extent byhurriedly laying a rough ])lank flooring over the rails on therailroad bridge, which made it practicable for vehicles to crossat JNIattoax. The crossing to the south side of the Apjjomattox Riverhaving been effected in some confusion, but, owing to the lightof the moon, without accident, both the railroad and pontoonbridges were destroyed before daylight; and the engineertroops moved on to Amelia Court House, where some rest butvery inadequate rations awaited them. Soon orders came from General Lee to push on to Flat [ 2fi(i ]. FORT FISHEREFFECT OF THE NAVAL BOMBARDMENT OF DECEMBER, 1804. In 1864, a larger force than ever had assembled under one command in the history of the American navy was concentrated beforeFort Fisher, North Carolina, under Admiral David D. Porter. Sixty vessels, of which five were ironclads, arrived in sight of the ram-parts on the morning of December 20th. After a futile effort to damage the fort by the explosion of the powder-boat Louisiana on thenight of December 23d, the fleet sailed in to begin the bombardment. The New Ironsides, followed by the monitors, took positionas close in as their drafts would permit. The Minnesota, Colorailo, and Mabash followed near. With a deafening roar and a sheetof flame, these frigates discharged their broadsides of twenty-five 9-inch guns, driving the garrison into their bomb-proofs. On Christ-mas Day, the bombardment was resumed by the larger vessels and the ironclads, while the smalle
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