. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . Federal cause. On these heights above the river the inhabit-ants of Memphis were crowded on the morning of June (i,1862, as the Federal squadron moved down-stream againstthe Confederate gimboats that were dra-mi up in double line of battle opposite thecity. Everyone wantedto see the outcome ofthe great fight that wasimpending, for if itsresult proved adverseto the Confederates,Memphis would fallinto Federal hantls andanother stretch of theMississippi would belost to the Soutli. Inthe engagement atMemphis two of the Ellet rams ac-co
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . Federal cause. On these heights above the river the inhabit-ants of Memphis were crowded on the morning of June (i,1862, as the Federal squadron moved down-stream againstthe Confederate gimboats that were dra-mi up in double line of battle opposite thecity. Everyone wantedto see the outcome ofthe great fight that wasimpending, for if itsresult proved adverseto the Confederates,Memphis would fallinto Federal hantls andanother stretch of theMississippi would belost to the Soutli. Inthe engagement atMemphis two of the Ellet rams ac-companied the squadron—the Queenof the ^Yest conuuanded by CharlesEllet, and the Monarch commandctlby his younger brother. Major AlfredEllet. The Confederate flotilla wasdestroyed, but with the loss of CharlesEllet, from a mortal wound. FLEETS THREEMEMPHIS. ■ \^■\\\^^^^^.^^^^^^^^,^^^^^^ Southern coast. The Alabama and her kind, as aheady said,counted for nought, excejiting as their exploits should influenceEurojjean o^^inion and action. The destruction they causedwas a property destruction only, not a destruction of navalpower, which was what really counted. And the actual pro^)-erty destruction was finally found to amount to less than tenmillion dollars, or not more than the fiftieth part of that en-dured by San Francisco in the catastrophe of 1906. It was not until the ironclad came upon the scene that theFederal cause was in jeopardy. The frigate Merrimac was sunkat Xorfolk when the navy-yard was so unfortunately yieldedthrough the administrations unwillingness to use its strength,and the thousands of cannon there in store, along with those atPensacola, went to arm the Confederacy. With immense energyon the part of the Southern officers, the Merrimac was raised, herU2)per decks removed, and the ship reconstructed as an armoredAess
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