. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . to send the vessel ilown to the forts. The vessel left New Orleans on the zoth of April. I think. The work . the and merhanirs being still on l)oard, and most of the guns were not mounted. The center wheels weres -nt. and. as we were drifting helplessly down the stream, tow-lK)ats had to be called to take us down to the point a-- ■ Pliilip. on the left side of the river, where we tied HI) to the bank with our bow down-stream. Thus, as Farraguts Beet - ,:r,r ;j, ir, I t. , e I, - ..dd oidy use our l,<. and the starl
. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . to send the vessel ilown to the forts. The vessel left New Orleans on the zoth of April. I think. The work . the and merhanirs being still on l)oard, and most of the guns were not mounted. The center wheels weres -nt. and. as we were drifting helplessly down the stream, tow-lK)ats had to be called to take us down to the point a-- ■ Pliilip. on the left side of the river, where we tied HI) to the bank with our bow down-stream. Thus, as Farraguts Beet - ,:r,r ;j, ir, I t. , e I, - ..dd oidy use our l,<. and the broarlside. Moreover, the (j/rt-holes our guns were entirely faulty, not allowing room to train the guns either laterally or in elevation. I had practicaleiperience of thU f*ct, for I had immediate charge of the Ik,w division when a vessel of Admiral l-arraguts fleet got across our stem, and I could onlyflie through and thrcniKh her at point blank Instead of dcprcssinK my guns and sinking her. THE OPENING OF THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI. 939.
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