. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . Puo. Co. THE SHOWER OF SHOT AND SHELL Here, looking south on the JamesRiver from Drewrys Bluff, we see thevessels which the Confederates sunkand secured by chains just belowFort Darling to prevent the Galena,the Monitor and the other Union gun-boats from reaching Richmond. Aftera terrific bombardment of the fort,which lasted four hours, the Federalnaval officers decided that the fortcould not be reduced except by a landassault. General McClellan did notattempt this, and as it was follj to at-tempt the removal of the obstructionsin

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. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . Puo. Co. THE SHOWER OF SHOT AND SHELL Here, looking south on the JamesRiver from Drewrys Bluff, we see thevessels which the Confederates sunkand secured by chains just belowFort Darling to prevent the Galena,the Monitor and the other Union gun-boats from reaching Richmond. Aftera terrific bombardment of the fort,which lasted four hours, the Federalnaval officers decided that the fortcould not be reduced except by a landassault. General McClellan did notattempt this, and as it was follj to at-tempt the removal of the obstructionsin the channel under fire from thefort, the Federal fleet stood idly bytill ordered elsewhere. Gunboats wereconstantly passing up and down theriver, however, to cooperate with (Jen-eral Butler in his futile efforts to gainsome advantage over the Confed-erates. The last of these was his at-tempt in ISfii to cut a canal at DutchGap, and thus circumvent the six-milebend and enable the Federal vesselsto reach Richmond without the neces-sity of passing Fort THE IMlASSABLK BAKRIKI{

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