. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . ached during the war. But the twenty years between 1840and 1860 were those in which the movement was really accompUshed. Dmiugthis period the naval administration had endeavored to follow the changesthat were taking place, but it had not fuUy caught up with them. It hadbegun by building heavy side-wheelers, first the and Jli-oniiri andnext the Powhatan and Susqitehaima. Efficient as these latter vessels wereconsidered in 1847, when they were begun, and even in 1850,
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . ached during the war. But the twenty years between 1840and 1860 were those in which the movement was really accompUshed. Dmiugthis period the naval administration had endeavored to follow the changesthat were taking place, but it had not fuUy caught up with them. It hadbegun by building heavy side-wheelers, first the and Jli-oniiri andnext the Powhatan and Susqitehaima. Efficient as these latter vessels wereconsidered in 1847, when they were begun, and even in 1850, when they werelaunched, their model was i^romptly dropped when the submarine screw wasintioduced in place of the vulnerable paddle-wheel. The six screw-frigateswere accordingly built in 18rir), and they were regarded with admiration l)y naval men abroad as weU as athome. The Xiaf/ara, the largest ofthese, was a ship of 4500 tons. Theother five, the lioanokc, Colorado, Mer-rimac, ^riiim.^ota, and , had atonnage somewhat over 3000. All ofthem were heavily armed, and theyformed, or were supposed to form,. THE UNION AND CONFEDERATE NAl^IES. 613
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