. The blockade and the cruisers / y James russell Soley . ly as they had no vesselsspecially adapted for hostilities in those waters. This ab- 1 The general statement gives so imperfect an idea of the powerful armament ofRenshaws squadron, and especially of the ferry-boats, that it may be worth whileto mention the guns in detail. They were as follows : Westfield—One 100-pounder rifle, four VHI-inch shell guns (56 cwt.), one IX-inch. Clifton—twoIX-inch, four heavy 32-pounders (57 cwt.;, one 30-pounder. Harriet Lane—three IX-inch, two 24-pound howitzers. Owasco—one Xl-inch, one 20-pounderParrott
. The blockade and the cruisers / y James russell Soley . ly as they had no vesselsspecially adapted for hostilities in those waters. This ab- 1 The general statement gives so imperfect an idea of the powerful armament ofRenshaws squadron, and especially of the ferry-boats, that it may be worth whileto mention the guns in detail. They were as follows : Westfield—One 100-pounder rifle, four VHI-inch shell guns (56 cwt.), one IX-inch. Clifton—twoIX-inch, four heavy 32-pounders (57 cwt.;, one 30-pounder. Harriet Lane—three IX-inch, two 24-pound howitzers. Owasco—one Xl-inch, one 20-pounderParrott, one 24-pound howitzer. THE GULF SQUADRONS. 145 sence of an enemy in force seems to have given Benshawa false sense of security, and lie neglected to destroy therailroad bridge connecting Galveston with the mainland—a fatal omission. Whatever may be the disadvantages underwhich an enemy labors, there is always danger to be appre-hended for a small squadron lying in his waters ; and noth-ing can justify the want of vigilance or of Galveston Harbor and Entrance. By the end of November Farragut held nearly all the prin-cipal points in the West Gnlf except Mobile. About thistime, he writes : We shall spoil unless we have a fight oc-casionally. Blockading is hard service, and difficult to carryout with perfect success, as has been effectually shown atCharleston, where they run to Nassau regularly once a have done a little better than that; we take them nowI.—7 14:0 THE BLOCKADE AND THE CRUISERS. and then. I dont know how many escape, but we certainlymake a good many prizes. Farragut was not quite accuratein his comparison, as the number of prizes reported forCharleston in 1862 considerably exceeded that at December he says again of the blockade at the latterplace : We have taken or destroyed all the steamers thatran from Havana and Nassau except the Cuba and Alice, andI hope to catch those in the course of time. But Farraguts hope of impr
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