. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . , REVIEW OF REVIEWS CO. MONARCHS OF THE FLOTILLA—THE LOUISVILLE, ONE OF THE ORIGINAL EADS IRONCLADS Below appears the Federal ironclad Benton. As James B. Eads went on constructing gunboats for the Mississippi squadron, hekept improving on his own ideas. The Benton was his masterpiece. She was finished soon after the original seven ironclads orderedby the army. Though her engines were slow, she proved to be the most powerful fighting vessel in the Federal Mississippi held that distinction till late in 18G-1, when the r
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . , REVIEW OF REVIEWS CO. MONARCHS OF THE FLOTILLA—THE LOUISVILLE, ONE OF THE ORIGINAL EADS IRONCLADS Below appears the Federal ironclad Benton. As James B. Eads went on constructing gunboats for the Mississippi squadron, hekept improving on his own ideas. The Benton was his masterpiece. She was finished soon after the original seven ironclads orderedby the army. Though her engines were slow, she proved to be the most powerful fighting vessel in the Federal Mississippi held that distinction till late in 18G-1, when the river monitors began to appear. The Benton was Footes flagship in the opera-tions around Island No. 10; and when the gallant old officer retired, it was on her deck that he bade good-bye to his officers and Benton then became the flagship of Captain Charles Henry Davis, who in her directed the famous battle off Memphis wherethe Ellet rams proved their prowess. The first commander of the Benton was Lieutenant S. Ledyard Phelps. He fought the gun-boat
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