. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . ON THE DECK OK THE AdAWAM. The easy attitudes of the acting ensign, to the left of the gun, and tlie vohmteer acting-master with him,do not suggest the storm tlirongh which the ship on which they stand, the Federal gunboat Agawam,passed in the spring of 1864. Their vessel was called upon to cooperate in Grants great military move-ment that was to bring the war to a close. In February, Acting Rcar-.\dmiral S. P. Lee, commandingthe North .\tlantic squadron, was ready to
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . ON THE DECK OK THE AdAWAM. The easy attitudes of the acting ensign, to the left of the gun, and tlie vohmteer acting-master with him,do not suggest the storm tlirongh which the ship on which they stand, the Federal gunboat Agawam,passed in the spring of 1864. Their vessel was called upon to cooperate in Grants great military move-ment that was to bring the war to a close. In February, Acting Rcar-.\dmiral S. P. Lee, commandingthe North .\tlantic squadron, was ready to assist General Butler with gunboats in the James and YorkKivers. The admiral himself remained with his main squadron at Fortress Monroe to convey Butlersexpedition to Bermuda Himdred. After that general got himself bottled up and. despite the protestsof .Vdmiral Lee, had sunk obstructions in the James to prevent the Confederate gimboats from comingdown, the Xirginia and her consorts came down to reeonnoiter the cliaraeter of the .\gawam, under Commander .K. C. Rhind, was lying below Battery Dantzler. with sexeralmonitors. They wer
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