. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . seven men had been lost. This was out of a human cargoof over six hundred and fifty souls. Everyone on the Peerlesswas saved by the crew of the Mohican. On the first high tide,all of the vessels were gotten over the bar. At daybreak, on the7th of November, 1861, the war-ships weighed anchor andstarted in to attack Fort Walker. The fleet was divided intotwo columns, the Wabash leading. Lying back of the forts was Flag-Officer Tattnalls littleflotilla of Confederate river steamers, but as it would have beenmadness to have opposed the
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . seven men had been lost. This was out of a human cargoof over six hundred and fifty souls. Everyone on the Peerlesswas saved by the crew of the Mohican. On the first high tide,all of the vessels were gotten over the bar. At daybreak, on the7th of November, 1861, the war-ships weighed anchor andstarted in to attack Fort Walker. The fleet was divided intotwo columns, the Wabash leading. Lying back of the forts was Flag-Officer Tattnalls littleflotilla of Confederate river steamers, but as it would have beenmadness to have opposed the Federal vessels with such make-shifts, Tattnall withdrew into Skull Creek and took no part inthe action. The Confederate forces on shore were commandedby General Thomas F. Drayton. The circling tactics used byFlag-Officer Du Pont and the tremendous and concentratedfire of his heavy guns quickly bore results, and the lighter-draftvessels, which had taken up an enfilading position to the northof Fort Walker, soon had the latter at their mercy. At twenty [270]. MEN OF THE UNADILLA, AFTER PLAYING THEIR PART IN THE NAVYS CRUCIAL TEST Under Lieutenant-Commander N. Collins, the Unadilla took part in the expedition that succeeded in capturing Port Royal, November9, 1861. The Unadilla was but one of the fifty that had assembled in Hampton Roads by October 27th to join the largestfleet ever commanded by an officer of the American navy up to that time. In contrast to the number of the vessels was the nondescriptcharacter of most of them. The Unadilla is described officially as a steam gunboat, but she was typical of the sort of hastilyconverted vessels that made up the fleet—river steamers, ferryboats, tugs, almost anything that would turn a wheel or propeller. Thesefrail craft, loaded do-mi with heavy gims, set forth in the face of foul weather to engage in Ijattle for the first time with two of thestrongest fortifications of the Confederacy. It was a momentous trial of woode
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