. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . INTERIOR OF PORT PUTNAM, FORMERLY THE CONFEDERATE BATTERY GREGG, CUMMINGS POINT, S. C. FROM A PHOTOGRAPH. on the morning of February 1stanother Federal iron-clad, after-ward ascertained to be the sin-gle-turreted monitor MontcmJc,appeared before Fort McAllister,at Genesis Point, in the Georgiadistrict, and, accompanied bythree gun-boats and a mortar-boat, approached to within a short distance of the work, and opened a heavy fire upon it. The actionwas very brisk on both sides. The
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . INTERIOR OF PORT PUTNAM, FORMERLY THE CONFEDERATE BATTERY GREGG, CUMMINGS POINT, S. C. FROM A PHOTOGRAPH. on the morning of February 1stanother Federal iron-clad, after-ward ascertained to be the sin-gle-turreted monitor MontcmJc,appeared before Fort McAllister,at Genesis Point, in the Georgiadistrict, and, accompanied bythree gun-boats and a mortar-boat, approached to within a short distance of the work, and opened a heavy fire upon it. The actionwas very brisk on both sides. The parapet of the fort was breached, andboth guns and gunners were fully exposed. Nevertheless, after a four-hourscombat the monitor slowly retired, evidently in a damaged condition. Theimportance of the success of this engagement lay in the demonstrated factthat iron-clads were not as formidable as they were supposed to be againstland-batteries. As yet, their final test of invulnerability had not been fullyascertained. Reflecting upon the result of that encounter, I wrote to Briga-dier-General Ripley, February
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