. The Civil War through the camera : hundreds of vivid photographs actually taken in Civil War times, together with Elson's new history . ;^g v v ^ kM1, ^~t&+m THE FLEET THAT CLEARED THE RDER *A spear-tlirust in the back was delivered to the Con-federacy by the inland-river fleet that cut it in two. Thesquadron of Flag-OfEctr Davis is here lying near appeared the Federal gunboats on June 5, 1862, twomiles above the Pillow had beenabandoned the previ-ous day, but the Con-federate river-defenseflotilla still remainedbelow and the Federals,still smarting from thedisaster in
. The Civil War through the camera : hundreds of vivid photographs actually taken in Civil War times, together with Elson's new history . ;^g v v ^ kM1, ^~t&+m THE FLEET THAT CLEARED THE RDER *A spear-tlirust in the back was delivered to the Con-federacy by the inland-river fleet that cut it in two. Thesquadron of Flag-OfEctr Davis is here lying near appeared the Federal gunboats on June 5, 1862, twomiles above the Pillow had beenabandoned the previ-ous day, but the Con-federate river-defenseflotilla still remainedbelow and the Federals,still smarting from thedisaster inflicted onthe Cincinnati, weredetermined to bring ona decisive engagementand, if possible, clearthe river of their antagonists,wliile four new vessels had joined theFederal squadron. These were riversteamers which Charles Ellet, Jr., hadconverted into rams in the short spaceof six weeks. Their principle was as oldas history, but it was now to be triedfor the first time in aid of the LIEUTENANT-COLONELALFRED W. ELLET 1 1 11 Wfcfc— ... _ K^^Mtofe MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE Mean-.
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