. The naval history of the Civil War . ake a like error: butwhen they all got into place and com-menced work in shower of shell—one hundred and fifteen per minute—wasirresistible. So quickly were the enemysguns silenced that not an officer or man inthe fleet was injured by them, but therewere some severe casualties bv the bursting OF THE CIVIL WAR. G97 of several 100-pounder Parrott cannon. Oneburst on board the Ticonderoga, killingsix of the crew and wounding seven others;another burst on board the Yantic, kill-ing one officer and two men ; another onboard the Juniata. killing two
. The naval history of the Civil War . ake a like error: butwhen they all got into place and com-menced work in shower of shell—one hundred and fifteen per minute—wasirresistible. So quickly were the enemysguns silenced that not an officer or man inthe fleet was injured by them, but therewere some severe casualties bv the bursting OF THE CIVIL WAR. G97 of several 100-pounder Parrott cannon. Oneburst on board the Ticonderoga, killingsix of the crew and wounding seven others;another burst on board the Yantic, kill-ing one officer and two men ; another onboard the Juniata. killing two officers,and killing and wounding ten other per-sons; another on board the •Mackinaw,killing one officer and wounding five men;another on board the Quaker City,wounding two or three persons. Thebursting of these guns much disconcertedthe crews of the vessels, and gave themgreat distrust of the Parrott 100-pounder. Some of the vessels were struck once ortwice from the fort. The Mackinawhad her boiler perforated with a shell, and. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER (NOW REAR-ADMIRAL)JOHN LEE DAVIS. ten or twelve persons were badly Osceola was struck with a shellnear her magazine, and was at one timein a sinking condition, but her efficientcommander stopped the leak, while theMackinaw fought out the battle, not-withstanding the damage she had one vessel left the line to report dam-ages. Commander John Guest, in the the east end of the line, showed hisusual intelligence in selecting his positionand directing his fire. Twice his shot cutaway the nag-staff on the Mound Battery,and he silenced the guns there in a veryshort time, the Keystone State and Quaker City co-operating effectively. Lieutenant-Commander John L. Davis inthe Sassacus. with both rudders of his vessel disabled, got her into close actionand assisted materially in silencing theworks, and the Santiago de Cuba andFort Jackson took such positions asthey could get, owing to other vessels notfor
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