. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . WHERE UNIFORMS WERE LACKING, BIT RESOLUTION WAS FIRM The Confederates who stood in this well-formed line saw active service from the earliest period of the war. The day that Floridaseeeded from the Union, First-Lieutenant Adam J. Slemmer withdrew with Company G of the First United States Artillery from theshore to Fort Pickens, on the western extremity of Santa Rosa Island. Colonel YV. II. Chase was in command of the Southernersand demanded the surrender of Fort Picke
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . WHERE UNIFORMS WERE LACKING, BIT RESOLUTION WAS FIRM The Confederates who stood in this well-formed line saw active service from the earliest period of the war. The day that Floridaseeeded from the Union, First-Lieutenant Adam J. Slemmer withdrew with Company G of the First United States Artillery from theshore to Fort Pickens, on the western extremity of Santa Rosa Island. Colonel YV. II. Chase was in command of the Southernersand demanded the surrender of Fort Pickens January 13, 1SC1. It is recorded that his voice shook and his eyes filled with tearswhen he attempted to read his Formal demand for the surrender; he realized, with all true and far-sighted Americans, how terrible a[ 156]. A CONFEDERATE DRILL IN FORT McREE, PENSACOLA HARBOR blow was impending in the form of fratricidal strife. Lieutenant Slemmer refused the demand. Colonel Chase had an insufficientforce at the time to take the fort by storm. November 22d and 23d. the United States vessels Niagara and Richmond, togetherwith Fort Pickens and the adjoining batteries, bombarded the Confederate lines. Although Fort McRee was so badly damagedthat General Bragg thought of abandoning it. the garrison held firm, and the plan of the Union commanders to take and destroy itdid not succeed. Forts McRee and Barrancas were bombarded again by the Union warships and batteries January 1. 1862.
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