. The naval history of the Civil War . REAR-ADMIRAL CHAS. H. DAVIS. complete and retired with their usual pre-cipitancy. At noon the fleet again steamed downthe river, leaving- the Pittsburg andMound City to co-operate with the Army. At a bend in tbe river on the way down,a Confederate transport came in sight ofthe fleet, but turned and attempted toescape. She was captured by a fast tug,with a body of armed men. under the com-mand of Lieut. Joshua Bishop: she provedto be a valuable prize. At the Union flotilla got under wayin the following order : Flagship Phelps: Louis
. The naval history of the Civil War . REAR-ADMIRAL CHAS. H. DAVIS. complete and retired with their usual pre-cipitancy. At noon the fleet again steamed downthe river, leaving- the Pittsburg andMound City to co-operate with the Army. At a bend in tbe river on the way down,a Confederate transport came in sight ofthe fleet, but turned and attempted toescape. She was captured by a fast tug,with a body of armed men. under the com-mand of Lieut. Joshua Bishop: she provedto be a valuable prize. At the Union flotilla got under wayin the following order : Flagship Phelps: Louisville. Com. Dove; Carondelet. Com. H. Walke;Cairo, N. E. Bryant; Nelson McGunnegle. They dropped down the river accordingto signal, and prepared for battle. TheConfederate gun-boats opened fire upon ourfleet as it moved down, with the seemingintention of having the city injured by thereturn fire; but due care was taken in re-. CDCO E5 PC 0- E- E-l ■<o CQ i 2= o&a S3Eh fcuO &O E- o (170) THE NAVAL HISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR. 171 gard to this matter, and shot and shell weresent among the Confederates with goodeffect. At this moment the ram fleet was severalmiles up the river, though coming downrapidly, and it was necessary for our gun-boats to maneuver so as to enable it toovertake them. The Confederate vessels (still under thecommand of Montgomery) were the ramsGeneral Van Dorn, General Price,General Lovell, General Beauregardand General Jeff Thompson. mountingeach four heavy guns; the General Bragg and General Sumter, mounting threeguns, and the Little Rebel, mounting twoguns. When the battle had fairly commenced,two of the army rams, the •Queen of theWest, Col. Charles Ellet, and the Mon-arch. Ellet (a younger brother),dashed fearlessly ahead of the gunboats andran for the enemys fleet. At the first en-counter they sank one and disabled anotherof the Confederates, who were taken gr
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