. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . Hampton Roads in thefirst naval expedition of the war. It achieved the first victory for the Federal cause, capturing Forts Hatterasand Clark at Hatteras Inlet f)n August inth. Conmiodore Stringham. a veteran of the old navy, had with himfour of the old sliips of live oak in which .ierican officers and men had been wont to sail the seas; and the forts atHatteras Inlet were no match for the guns wliich the Minnesota (flagship), Wabash, Susquehanna,and Cumberland b
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . Hampton Roads in thefirst naval expedition of the war. It achieved the first victory for the Federal cause, capturing Forts Hatterasand Clark at Hatteras Inlet f)n August inth. Conmiodore Stringham. a veteran of the old navy, had with himfour of the old sliips of live oak in which .ierican officers and men had been wont to sail the seas; and the forts atHatteras Inlet were no match for the guns wliich the Minnesota (flagship), Wabash, Susquehanna,and Cumberland brought to bear upon them, to say nothing of the minor armament of the Pawnee. HarrietLane, and Monticello. But before another naval expedition could be undertaken, many of the gallant ofBccrsliad to come down from their staunch old ships to command nondescript vessels purchased for the emergency, was a grave question. Yet these brave men never inouired whether their vessels would sink or swim,caring only to reach the post of danger and serve as best they could the flag under which they fought. (:) Confederate flotilla commanded by Flag-Officer William and the much heavier naval division under CommanderS. C. Rowan, that resulted in the destruction or capture of allbut three of the Confederate vessels. After the expedition to ITatteras Inlet, the most importantmovement against the coast was set on foot when Flag-OfficerSamuel F. Du Pont hoisted his broad pennant on board theWabash, commanded by Lieutenant C. R. P. Rodgers, Thismagnificent frigate Avas to lead the fleet of fighting ships andthe transports that were to carry twelve thousand troops, undercommand of General Thomas ^V. Sherman, the whole expedi-tion being destined for Port Royal, South Carolina, the en-trance to which was guarded by Fort Walker, on Hilton Head,and Fort Beauregard, on Bay Point. Driven in all directionsby a violent gale, the fleet reassembled off the bar with the lossof
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