. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . WHAT LINI OLN -\w i ii i i HO] Mill \l.\i . DEHA1 I- \ IMl. PATBII K III \m LND l IMESTOW !» 81 SK Here are some of the sights presented to theview f President Lincoln and AdmiralPorter aboard the flagship Malvern, a> theyproceeded up the James on the morning fApril :;. 1865, to enter the Fallen «-it> ofRichmond. To the righi f the top photo-graph rise the stacks of the I onfederatei. in Virginia. Near the middle li<- theruined wheels of the Jamestown.
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . WHAT LINI OLN -\w i ii i i HO] Mill \l.\i . DEHA1 I- \ IMl. PATBII K III \m LND l IMESTOW !» 81 SK Here are some of the sights presented to theview f President Lincoln and AdmiralPorter aboard the flagship Malvern, a> theyproceeded up the James on the morning fApril :;. 1865, to enter the Fallen «-it> ofRichmond. To the righi f the top photo-graph rise the stacks of the I onfederatei. in Virginia. Near the middle li<- theruined wheels of the Jamestown. And inthe bottom picture, before Fori Darlingappears the wreck of the Patricl these were vessels f CommodoreMitchells command thai had so long made. COAL SCHOONERS WRECKED TO BLOCK THE JAMES every effort to break the bonds forged aboutthem by a more powerful force, afloat andashore. The previous night Lincoln, asAdmiral Porters guest on the dick of theMalvern, had listened to the sound of thegreat engagement on shore and had askedif the navy could not do something 1 makehistory at the same time. When told thatthe navys part was one merely of watchful-ness, the President, responded, But cantwe make a noise? Porter at once tele-graphed to his fleet-captain to open uponthe forts; then the air was rent with thesound of great guns up the river. ^»> even louder, came the sound of fourgreat explosions one after another—theblowing up of Commodore Mitchells vessels. -(BELOW) DREWRYS BLUFE
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