. The story of the greatest nations; a comprehensive history, extending from the earliest times to the present, founded on the most modern authorities, and including chronological summaries and pronouncing vocabularies for each nation; and the world's famous events, told in a series of brief sketches forming a single continuous story of history and illumined by a complete series of notable illustrations from the great historic paintings of all lands. IX-52. IX .o t- ]■• - l^-*-. O C. The United States—Capture of New Orleans 1641 The axivent of the Merrimac and Monitor revolutionized the
. The story of the greatest nations; a comprehensive history, extending from the earliest times to the present, founded on the most modern authorities, and including chronological summaries and pronouncing vocabularies for each nation; and the world's famous events, told in a series of brief sketches forming a single continuous story of history and illumined by a complete series of notable illustrations from the great historic paintings of all lands. IX-52. IX .o t- ]■• - l^-*-. O C. The United States—Capture of New Orleans 1641 The axivent of the Merrimac and Monitor revolutionized the navies of&e world. American genius had made wooden ships obsolete, and uselessfor real battle. Great Britain and every other Power hastened to imitate usin the building of iron ships. Even before this celebrated contest, Admiral Farragut had been placed incommand of the most extensive fleet ever gathered under the American flag. This was sent to capture New Orleans, the largest city and chief port of theSouth, the key to the Mississippi, whose waters Lincoln had already termedthe backbone of the Confederacy. New Orleans was guarded by two tre-mendously powerful forts, below which a chain of old hulks blockaded the river,and above which lay a rebel fleet, with two ironclads of the Merrimac type,one of them, however, not quite finished. Farraguts ships broke the chain, managed to evade the fire-rafts sent downagainst them, and darted defian
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