. The naval history of the Civil War . essel, which was destroyedby the enemy on hearing of the capture ofFort Hindman (Arkansas Post). General McClernand assumed all the di-rection of affairs on the surrender of thefort and the Confederate troops, and wrotethe report of this affair, in which he gavefair credit to the Navy ; but he actually at Little Rock, which could have causedthe Federal Navy in the West a great dealof trouble, was ensured. In the battle, everything went on sosmoothly, there were no mistakes made,and the officers and seamen gained confi-dence in the gun-boats which they lac
. The naval history of the Civil War . essel, which was destroyedby the enemy on hearing of the capture ofFort Hindman (Arkansas Post). General McClernand assumed all the di-rection of affairs on the surrender of thefort and the Confederate troops, and wrotethe report of this affair, in which he gavefair credit to the Navy ; but he actually at Little Rock, which could have causedthe Federal Navy in the West a great dealof trouble, was ensured. In the battle, everything went on sosmoothly, there were no mistakes made,and the officers and seamen gained confi-dence in the gun-boats which they lackedbefore. But these had been much strength-ened and improved since the battles ofForts Donelson and Henry, and had entirenew guns on them instead of the inferiorbatteries they started out with ; moreover,the officers had learned that the way tofight these batteries was at close quarters. Lieutenant-Commanders Walker, Owen,Bache. Shirk. Watson, Smith, Woodworth,Breese, and the commander of the Mon-arch were all handsomely mentioned by. CASEMATE NO. 1 DESTROYED BY THE U. S. GUN-BOATBARON DE KALB. CASEMATE NO. 2 DESTROYED BY THE D. S. GUN-BOAT LOUISVILLE.
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