. The naval history of the Civil War . st moment of its existence,put on a bold front and acted as if in theheyday of its power. The only way itcould keep up its credit abroad was by nowand then getting out a load of cotton on asteamer, or some of the schooners that hadbeen left to them after the several raidsthat had been made on such coasting vessels that the Texan soldiers—a very brave setof men—had never felt that they had beenworsted in the least. On the contrary, theyhad not only prevented the Federal gener-als from making a permanent lodgment intheir State, but had given a large quotaof
. The naval history of the Civil War . st moment of its existence,put on a bold front and acted as if in theheyday of its power. The only way itcould keep up its credit abroad was by nowand then getting out a load of cotton on asteamer, or some of the schooners that hadbeen left to them after the several raidsthat had been made on such coasting vessels that the Texan soldiers—a very brave setof men—had never felt that they had beenworsted in the least. On the contrary, theyhad not only prevented the Federal gener-als from making a permanent lodgment intheir State, but had given a large quotaof their troops to assist the Confederatesin every other quarter of the Southerndomain. It would have been, indeed, agrievous infliction if the Texans had suc-ceeded in drawing to their State the remainsof the Confederate armies who had not beendriven to surrender, for they might havekept up the war two or three years longer,with great loss to the North in expense andwith no gain to the same demoralization of the Con-. If I COMMODORE (AFTERWARDS REAR-ADMIRAL) JAMES S, PALMER. as they possessed. Though the communi-cations with Texas and the northern portionof the Confederacy had been almost en-tirely cut off by the vigilant watchfulnessof the Navy on the coast and on the greatriver which divided the Confederacy, yetthe Texans were as active as ever incarrying on operations, particularly in theintroduction of arms of all kinds, provisions,clothing and military stores, apparentlywith a view to carrying on the war on theirown account if Richmond fell, or to offer aplace of retreat to those dissatisfied spiritswho could see nothing good in a union withthe Northern States. The Federal in-vasions had, so far, been so unsuccessful,and were, as a rule, so badly conducted, federacy which was so painfully apparentin Richmond was also felt in they appeared to be imbued withthe popular enthusiasm that had done somuch to prolong the contest, and thoughthey had g
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