. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . f 1 i 1 ^ ■^^ : 1. COCVRIGHT, 1311. REVIEW OF HEVIEWS CO. SAVED FROM AN UNTIMELY END—THE SCIOTA This scene on the vessels deck was photographcfl sliortl> after she hatl been raised after lieing sunk by atorjjcdo in Mobile Bay. Two days after the P\deral flag was raised over the courthouse in ^lobile, theSciota, while hurrying across the bay, ran into one of these hidden engines of destruction. A terrificexplosion followed and the Sciota sank immediately in twelve f
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . f 1 i 1 ^ ■^^ : 1. COCVRIGHT, 1311. REVIEW OF HEVIEWS CO. SAVED FROM AN UNTIMELY END—THE SCIOTA This scene on the vessels deck was photographcfl sliortl> after she hatl been raised after lieing sunk by atorjjcdo in Mobile Bay. Two days after the P\deral flag was raised over the courthouse in ^lobile, theSciota, while hurrying across the bay, ran into one of these hidden engines of destruction. A terrificexplosion followed and the Sciota sank immediately in twelve feet of water. Four of her men were killedand six wounded and the vessel was badly damaged. This was on April 14, 1865. The navy never gi\es upone of its vessels as a total loss till everything has been done to prove that to be the case; by July 7th theSciota had been raised, repaired, and sent around to Pensacola for her armament, with orders to proceedto New York and go into dry-dock. In the ])icture the man leaning against the bulwark, with one hand onhis coat and the other in his trousers pocket, is John S. Pearce, one of the engineers
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