. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . THE MONITOR MONTAUK DESTROYING THE CONFEDERATE PRIVATEER NASHVILLE, NEAR FORTMCALLISTER, OGEECHEE RIVER, GEORGIA, FEBRUARY 28, 1863. monitor was repeatedly hit, and nearly all the en-emys shot that did not hit came within a few feetof her. She was entirely uninjured. On the otherhand, it was not apparent that any serious damagehad been done to the fort, though its fire graduallyslackened. The attack was renewed on the 1st ofFebruary, but at a greater distance, owing to thestate of
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . THE MONITOR MONTAUK DESTROYING THE CONFEDERATE PRIVATEER NASHVILLE, NEAR FORTMCALLISTER, OGEECHEE RIVER, GEORGIA, FEBRUARY 28, 1863. monitor was repeatedly hit, and nearly all the en-emys shot that did not hit came within a few feetof her. She was entirely uninjured. On the otherhand, it was not apparent that any serious damagehad been done to the fort, though its fire graduallyslackened. The attack was renewed on the 1st ofFebruary, but at a greater distance, owing to thestate of the tide. The monitors shells appearedto do good execution in tearing lip the parapets,but the Confederates, by constantly moving theirguns, thwarted Wordens attempts to disable Montauk was struck by heavy projectilesforty-six times, but still remained uninjured. At the time of these attacks, the Confederatesteamer Nashville, which had already done consid-erable service as a cruiser and as a blockade-run-ner, was lying in the Ogeechee waiting for anopportunity to run out. The prospect of her es-capi
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