. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . aller vessels, Whiteliead, Ceres, and Commo-dore Hull, steamed up to give battle. The Union jnan of attack was for the largevessels to pass as close as possible to the ramwithout endangering their wheels, deliver theirfire, and then round to for a second discharge. *The Allifiiiarle was subsequently raised and towed of her armament, machinery, etc., she was sold, the Norfolk Navy Yard, and after being stripped 15,1867,10 J. N. Leonard & Co., for $3200.— Editor. THE CAREER OF THE ALBEMARLEr The smaller vessels were to take care of thir
. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . aller vessels, Whiteliead, Ceres, and Commo-dore Hull, steamed up to give battle. The Union jnan of attack was for the largevessels to pass as close as possible to the ramwithout endangering their wheels, deliver theirfire, and then round to for a second discharge. *The Allifiiiarle was subsequently raised and towed of her armament, machinery, etc., she was sold, the Norfolk Navy Yard, and after being stripped 15,1867,10 J. N. Leonard & Co., for $3200.— Editor. THE CAREER OF THE ALBEMARLEr The smaller vessels were to take care of thirtyamied launches, which were expected to ac-company the iron-clad. The Micii/ii carried atorpedo to be exploded under the enemy, anda strong net or seine to foul her propeller. All eves were fixed on this second JSIerri-mac as, like a floating fortress, she came downthe bav. A puff of smoke from her bow portopened the ball, followed quickly by another,the shells aimed skillfully at the pivot-rifle ofthe leading ship, Mattabeseit, cutting away. REAR-ADMIRAL F. A. ROE, U. S. N. rail and spars, and wounding six men at thegun. The enemy then headed straight for her,in imitation of the iMerriinac, but by a skill-ful management of the helm the Maitabesettrounded her bow,* closely followed by ourown ship, the Sassacus, which at close quar-ters gave her a broadside of solid 9-inch guns might as well have fired blank car-tridges, for the shot skimmed off into the air,and even the 100-pound solid shot fromthe pivot-rifle glanced from the sloping roofinto space with no apparent effect. The feel-ing of helplessness that comes from the failureof heavy guns to make any mark on an ad-vancing foe can never be descril>ed. One islike a man with a bodkin before a (Jorgon ora Dragon, a man with straws before the wheelsof Juggernaut. Io adrl to the feeling in this instance, the rapid firing from the different ships, the cloudsof smoke, the changes of position to avoidbeing run down, t
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