. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . VII THE MOST DARING FEAT. THE PORTSMOUTH THIS GALLANT OLD SAILING SLOOP PLAYED HER PART INFARRAGUts PASSAGE OF THE NEW ORLEANS FORTS BYBROADSIDES ENFILADING THE CONFEDERATE WATER BATTERY,PROTECTING THE APPROACH OF PORTERs MORTAR SCHOONERS THE MOST DARING FEAT—PASSINGTHE FORTS AT NEW ORLEANS DAVID GLASGOW FARRAGUT made a sudden leapinto fame. Late in the year 1861, he was a member of aretiring-board created by the Navy Department under a newlaw in order to get rid of superannuated officers. From thisposition he was suddenly promoted
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . VII THE MOST DARING FEAT. THE PORTSMOUTH THIS GALLANT OLD SAILING SLOOP PLAYED HER PART INFARRAGUts PASSAGE OF THE NEW ORLEANS FORTS BYBROADSIDES ENFILADING THE CONFEDERATE WATER BATTERY,PROTECTING THE APPROACH OF PORTERs MORTAR SCHOONERS THE MOST DARING FEAT—PASSINGTHE FORTS AT NEW ORLEANS DAVID GLASGOW FARRAGUT made a sudden leapinto fame. Late in the year 1861, he was a member of aretiring-board created by the Navy Department under a newlaw in order to get rid of superannuated officers. From thisposition he was suddenly promoted to the command of a fleet,and in a little over three months his name was echoing not onlythrough the country but round the world. It was Commander David D. Porter, in charge of thesteamer PotcJiatau in the Gulf Blockading Squadron, who con-ceived the idea of running by the powerful forts at the mouthof the ^Nlississijipi and capturing the city of New Orleans. Hisplan was approved by the Secretary of the Navy and the Presi-dent, and strongly endorsed by Commodore, afterward Rear-Ad
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