. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . 11 / / / y ^ ^ / J J / /■ f J ^ f f / J- y ^ J y / f ^ j-TT-r-i .^^^■>^^^v^^v^-■■■■ ^-kV ^^\ ■J£ka^. •^;i--3t. THE NEW SEA-ELEPHANT OF THE NAVY—THE LEHIGH IN 64 A navjil historian has compared the monitor type of vessel to the elephant, who swims lieneath the surface . . and com-municates through his uplifted trunk with the upper air. In action and in rough weather, the monitors only meansof communication witli the upper air are her turret and pilot-house,
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . 11 / / / y ^ ^ / J J / /■ f J ^ f f / J- y ^ J y / f ^ j-TT-r-i .^^^■>^^^v^^v^-■■■■ ^-kV ^^\ ■J£ka^. •^;i--3t. THE NEW SEA-ELEPHANT OF THE NAVY—THE LEHIGH IN 64 A navjil historian has compared the monitor type of vessel to the elephant, who swims lieneath the surface . . and com-municates through his uplifted trunk with the upper air. In action and in rough weather, the monitors only meansof communication witli the upper air are her turret and pilot-house, and from this fact alone it was argued that the monitortype of construction would prove to be an elephant on the hands of the Federal navy. Indeed, on her trial trip EricssonsMonitor came near foundering, and thus she finally met her end in a storm oflF Cape Hatteras, December 31, 18B2. Butbefore this, her faults of construction had been recognized and the Federal Navy Department hail undertaken the construc-tion of nine bigger and better monitors. In Charleston Harbor the monitors were hit an aggregate of 738 times, andproved conclusively their superior endurance. The Lehigh first made her appearance in the James on an exped
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