. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . A POWERFUL REENFORCEMENT TO THE RIVER FLEET This huge vessfl was one of the first :ittenipts to (Jeveloj) the Ends type of guiihoat. She, with the Tus-eunibia, the LidianoLt, tlie Lafayette, and the ChilHcothe, was added to the Mississippi squadronafter Admiral Porter took coniinaiid, and all received their hai)tisin in the operations of tlie Vicksburg cam-I)aign, the Indianola lieiug captured and destroyed by the Confederates. They were flat-bottomed ves-sels with si
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . A POWERFUL REENFORCEMENT TO THE RIVER FLEET This huge vessfl was one of the first :ittenipts to (Jeveloj) the Ends type of guiihoat. She, with the Tus-eunibia, the LidianoLt, tlie Lafayette, and the ChilHcothe, was added to the Mississippi squadronafter Admiral Porter took coniinaiid, and all received their hai)tisin in the operations of tlie Vicksburg cam-I)aign, the Indianola lieiug captured and destroyed by the Confederates. They were flat-bottomed ves-sels with side-wlieels three-quarters of the way aft, each wheel acting indejiendently of the other so as to givefacility in turning in narrow rendered the broadside guns more effective. They were designedas light-drafts, rc<iuiring from five to .se\en feet of water. The Choctaw and her , theLafayette, r((|uir(i! nine feet. The Choctaw mounted three O-inch smooth-bores and a rifled 1206) , REVIEW OF REVIEWS CO. THE MONSTER IRONCLAD CHOCTAW lOO-pounder in her forward casemate. She had a second casemat
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