. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . sailed from Hampton Roads in thefirst naval expedition of the war. It achieved the first victory for the Federal cause, capturing Forts Hatterasand Clark at Hatteras Inlet on August 29th. Commodore Stringham, a veteran of the old navy, had with himfour of the old ships of live oak in which American officers and men had been wont to sail the seas; and the forts atHatteras Inlet were no match for the 135 guns which the Minnesota (flagship), Wabash, Susquehanna,and Cumberland brought to bear upon them, to say nothing of the minor arma
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . sailed from Hampton Roads in thefirst naval expedition of the war. It achieved the first victory for the Federal cause, capturing Forts Hatterasand Clark at Hatteras Inlet on August 29th. Commodore Stringham, a veteran of the old navy, had with himfour of the old ships of live oak in which American officers and men had been wont to sail the seas; and the forts atHatteras Inlet were no match for the 135 guns which the Minnesota (flagship), Wabash, Susquehanna,and Cumberland brought to bear upon them, to say nothing of the minor armament of the Pawnee, HarrietLane, and Monticello. But before another naval expedition could be undertaken, many of the gallant officersIiad to come down from their stavmch old ships to command nondescript vessels purchased for the emergency, whoseseaworthiness was a grave question. Yet these brave men never inciuired whether their vessels would sink or swim,earing only to reach tlie post of danger and serve as best they could the flag under which they r i—r 1 r
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