. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . on the starboard quarter, making a gieat hole in the shell-room, throughwhich the water poured with resistless force. The Cincinnati then retreatedup the river and the Genercd Bragg drifted down, evidently disabled. TheGeneral Price, following the example of her consort, also rammed the Cincin-nati. We fired oui- bow-g-uns into the Genercd Price, and she backed off,disabled also. The Cincinnati was again struck by one of the enemys rams,the General Sumter. Having pushed on with al
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . on the starboard quarter, making a gieat hole in the shell-room, throughwhich the water poured with resistless force. The Cincinnati then retreatedup the river and the Genercd Bragg drifted down, evidently disabled. TheGeneral Price, following the example of her consort, also rammed the Cincin-nati. We fired oui- bow-g-uns into the Genercd Price, and she backed off,disabled also. The Cincinnati was again struck by one of the enemys rams,the General Sumter. Having pushed on with all speed to the rescue of theCincinnati, the Carondelet passed her in a sinking condition, and, rounding to,we fiied oui bow and starboard broadside guns into the retreating GeneralBragg and the advancing rams. General Jeff. Thompson, General Beauregard, ii The mortar-boat, No. 16, which was the first object of attack, was defended with great spirit byActiufc-Master Gregory, who fired his mortar eleven times, reducing the charge and diminishing theelevation. (See cut, p. 450.)—Editors. THE IVESTERN and General Lorell. Heading up-stream, close to a shoal, the Carondeletbrought her port broadside guns to bear on the Sumter and Prirr-, which werediopping down-stream. At this crisis the Ian Lorn and Little Hehel had run above the Carondelet; Xha Lraf/g, , Beauregard, and Lovellwere below her. The last three, com-ing up, fired into the Carondelet; sheretiuned their fire with her stenj-guns; and, while in this jiosition, Iordered the port lifled 50-poundei-Dahlgien gun to be leveled and firedat the center of the Sumter. The shotstmck the vessel Just foi-ward of herAvheel-house, and the steam instantlypouied out from her ports and allparts of her casemates, and we sawher men running out of them and fall-ing or lying down on her deck. Noneof oui giiu-boats had yet come to theassistance of the Carondelet. The Ben-ton and Pitfshxrf/li had probaldy goneto aid the
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