. The story of American heroism; thrilling narratives of personal adventures during the great Civil war, as told by the medal winners and roll of honor men . s driven off, Commodore Porter, with the Essex,Cayuga, and Sumter, started up the river to look after the Arkansas, whichhad not made her appearance below in consequence of an injury to one ofher engines. As soon as Porter got sight of her he opened fire with incendiary shells,and in twenty minutes she was discovered to be in flames. The crew backedher ashore and got a line out, which soon burnt off and she swung into theriver, where she
. The story of American heroism; thrilling narratives of personal adventures during the great Civil war, as told by the medal winners and roll of honor men . s driven off, Commodore Porter, with the Essex,Cayuga, and Sumter, started up the river to look after the Arkansas, whichhad not made her appearance below in consequence of an injury to one ofher engines. As soon as Porter got sight of her he opened fire with incendiary shells,and in twenty minutes she was discovered to be in flames. The crew backedher ashore and got a line out, which soon burnt off and she swung into theriver, where she continued to burn until she blew up with a tremendousexplosion. Some of her crew who were picked up. stated that on the day she passedour fleet at the mouth of the Yazoo, she lost, in killed, eighteen, and had alarge number wounded. So ended the terrible Arkansas, which the Confed-eiates supposed would clear the Mississippi of our fleet. The commander of the Arkansas exi)lainsthe loss of the ram as occurringfrom change of captains. While he was ill, an oflicer from the Confederatenavy had been sent to take charge of the ram, who, not understanding her. occ D m CO ito UJ Z o UJ IH O z zz D<£. CO< CO z< < UJ I AMERICAN HEROISM. 663 construction, so it is claimed, pressed her in a three hundred mile run sohard that one engine gave out entirely, and she drifted aground, in whichcondition she was set tire to by her crew before they abandoned her. In the first engagement which the ram had with the Caroudelet, thedamage received by the Federal vessel was considerable. Her wheel ropeswere shot away, steam escape and exhaust pipes cut, steam guage shattered,and the cold water supply pipe riddled, leaving her unmanageable. In addi-tion to that, she received five shots in the captains cabin, three in the wardroom, three entirely through the wheelhouse, and, in fact, was thoroughlyriddled. All the boats from the starboard side were carried away, stanchionsgone, guns and weapon
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