. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . eviEws CO. FIGHTERS AFLOAT—GUNBOAT MEN ON THE MENDOTA Here on the deck of the Mendota on the James River, late in 64, has gathered a typical group of gunboatmen. While there are some foreign faces among them, many (particularly the yoimger ones) betoken thenative American that responded to the call to arms by enlisting in the navy. At the outbreak of the warthere were but seven thousand six hundred sailors in the Federal navy. It was a matter of no small diffi-culty to procure crews promptly for the new vessels that were being conv
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . eviEws CO. FIGHTERS AFLOAT—GUNBOAT MEN ON THE MENDOTA Here on the deck of the Mendota on the James River, late in 64, has gathered a typical group of gunboatmen. While there are some foreign faces among them, many (particularly the yoimger ones) betoken thenative American that responded to the call to arms by enlisting in the navy. At the outbreak of the warthere were but seven thousand six hundred sailors in the Federal navy. It was a matter of no small diffi-culty to procure crews promptly for the new vessels that were being converted and constructed so rapidly,especially when the military service was making such frequent and sweej)ing requisitions upon the able-bodied men of the country. Nevertheless, at the close of the war the number of sailors in the navy hadbeen increased to fifty-one thousand five hundred. It was an e\eu more difficult j)rol)leni to secure com-petent officers. Volunteers were called for by the Navy Department at the very outset of the many of the
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