. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . orts, and thiswith a great reduction of crew. It admits of the use of much heavierguns. It does not necessarily involve a breadth of beam antagonistic tovelocity. It affords a better protection to guns and men, and withal,it secures the fighting of guns longer in a sea-way. Fiuther on the admiral speaks of the other departure fromold types and traditions. He says: The Sew Ironsides, I regard as a much more efficient type of iron-clad than the monitors just discussed,
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . orts, and thiswith a great reduction of crew. It admits of the use of much heavierguns. It does not necessarily involve a breadth of beam antagonistic tovelocity. It affords a better protection to guns and men, and withal,it secures the fighting of guns longer in a sea-way. Fiuther on the admiral speaks of the other departure fromold types and traditions. He says: The Sew Ironsides, I regard as a much more efficient type of iron-clad than the monitors just discussed, because of her possessing decidedadvantages over them in the particulars of fitness for general purposes,seaworthiness, relative strength of bottom, or absolute capacity toendure vibration thereat, security against an antagonistic vessel. . .Hatl she been planned for turrets, instead of to use guns at broadsideports, she would have been, I think, still more formidable; nor is sheunexceptionable in other respects, and among them speed and tiuiiing-qualities. [152] (N * ^B m CHAPTERVI THE MOST FAMOUS AMERICAN NAVAL BATTLE. COPTHIGmT, 911, PATRIOT PUB. CO. THE MONITORS SECOND COMMANDERA PHOTOGRAPH FOUR MONTHS AFTER THE MOST FAMOUS FIGHT LIEUTENANT W. N. JEFFERS, WHO SUCCEEDED THE GALLANT AND WOUNDED WORDENAFTER THE CONTEST, ATsD COMMANDED THE IRONCL.\D THROUGH OF HER CAREER
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