. History of the American Civil War . governor ofthe state for a re-enforcement of 10,000 men, but it wasfound impossible to spare him more than 3000 in addi-tion to those he had, so many having been sent to thearmies in the Border States. On the 8th of April the national fleet, consisting of foursloops of war, seventeen gun-boats, twenty-one bomb- 330 FARKAGUTS PLAN OF ATTACK. [Sect. X. schooners, and two sailing-vessels, but having no iron-clads, had, after great labor, been carried over the Brooklyn had been forcibly dragged through themud of the Southwest Pass. Since the blockade t
. History of the American Civil War . governor ofthe state for a re-enforcement of 10,000 men, but it wasfound impossible to spare him more than 3000 in addi-tion to those he had, so many having been sent to thearmies in the Border States. On the 8th of April the national fleet, consisting of foursloops of war, seventeen gun-boats, twenty-one bomb- 330 FARKAGUTS PLAN OF ATTACK. [Sect. X. schooners, and two sailing-vessels, but having no iron-clads, had, after great labor, been carried over the Brooklyn had been forcibly dragged through themud of the Southwest Pass. Since the blockade the wa-ter had been becoming shoaler because of the non-pas-sage of vessels, and at this time there were but fifteenfeet at the shallowest part of the channel. The intended plan of operations was for Porter to bom- Farraguts planof bard the forts, and if he failed to reduce them, Farragut was to attempt to run past them. That succeeding, Butler was to land his troops in the rear of St. Philip, and carry it by assault. ^s=sS3a BATTERY. THE FORTS OF THE MISSISSIPPI. For eight miles below Fort Jackson the south bank ofthe river has a skirt of woods, the trees being thickly in-terlaced with vines. Through this an opening had beencut by the Confederates to permit their guns to have Amusement of the range on ascending vessels. Under themortar ve^is. gcr(,en of tliege woods fourteen of the mortar vessels were placed, the remainder being on the other sideof the river. It being found, however, that the latterwere too much exposed, they also were brought over un-der the covert of the woods. For more effectual conceal-ment, the masts of all the vessels were dressed with leafy ] bombakdment OF THE FORTS. 331 branches. Careful surveys were made, so that the bombsmight be thrown with accuracy, though the forts could notbe seen. The chief uncertainty then arose from the varia-ble pressure of the wind on the projectiles in their the 17th of April the Confederates sent down afi
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