. Lloyd's battle history of the great rebellion : complete, from the capture of Fort Sumter, April 14, 1861, to the capture of Jefferson Davis, May 10, 1865, embracing General Howard's tribute to the volunteer ... and a general review of the war for the union . er the command of that able andskillful officer Captain (now Yice-Admiral) Farragut, and the co-op-erating land force under General Butler. Leaving Fortress Monroein February, 1862, the expedition was delayed at Ship Island andother points for two months, and it was not until the 18th of Aprilthat it approached Forts Jackson and St. Phi
. Lloyd's battle history of the great rebellion : complete, from the capture of Fort Sumter, April 14, 1861, to the capture of Jefferson Davis, May 10, 1865, embracing General Howard's tribute to the volunteer ... and a general review of the war for the union . er the command of that able andskillful officer Captain (now Yice-Admiral) Farragut, and the co-op-erating land force under General Butler. Leaving Fortress Monroein February, 1862, the expedition was delayed at Ship Island andother points for two months, and it was not until the 18th of Aprilthat it approached Forts Jackson and St. Philip on the Mississippi,seventy miles below New Orleans. These forts were works ofgreat strength, and had a large and efiective armament and fullgarrisons. To make assurance doubly sure, however, the rebels,to whom the possession of New Orleans was of the greatest im-portance, had provided against the possibility of a squadron passingthe forts, by stretching a boom and chains across the river, by alarge fleet of gun-boats, iron-clads, and rams, and by fire-ships andfloating torpedoes, which it was believed would destroy any vesselswhich might attempt the hazardous passage. For six days Flag-Officer Farragut bombarded the forts, and though he succeeded in. ^pmmm?^^
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