. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . IGHT, 1911, REVIEW OF REVIEWS CO. GOVERNMENT STEAMBOAT USED ON THE UPPER TENNESSEE IN 1864-65. ®n tl|^ ilt0BtBStp:pt -^ 4^ -^ ^ ^ ^ Squadron, as the Western Flotilla was now called, and had con-trol of the river between Vicksburg and Port Hudson. Farragutonce more entered the river and ran two vessels of his squadronpast the works at Port Hudson on the 14th of March, doing so, however, the old side-Mheeler Mississippi groundedunder the guns of the fort, where she was set on fire and aban-doned. For weeks now the fleet was e
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . IGHT, 1911, REVIEW OF REVIEWS CO. GOVERNMENT STEAMBOAT USED ON THE UPPER TENNESSEE IN 1864-65. ®n tl|^ ilt0BtBStp:pt -^ 4^ -^ ^ ^ ^ Squadron, as the Western Flotilla was now called, and had con-trol of the river between Vicksburg and Port Hudson. Farragutonce more entered the river and ran two vessels of his squadronpast the works at Port Hudson on the 14th of March, doing so, however, the old side-Mheeler Mississippi groundedunder the guns of the fort, where she was set on fire and aban-doned. For weeks now the fleet was employed in assistingGrants army that was slowly closing in upon Vicksburg, whichstronghold was to fall on the 4th of July. The exijedition to Shreveport up the Red River, where thefleet under Porter coojierated with the troops under Banks,was a dire failure and came near resulting in a great loss to thesquadron. The water in JNIarch, 1864, was exceedingly low,and many of the deep-draft vessels could not get above therajjids at Alexandria. However, with some thirty transports,fourteen of the gunboats were dragged up the stream, only tofind themselves,
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