. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . n-tinent soon learned, and for those engaged in it, it was workof serious character. The Comte de Paris, in his History ofthe Civil War, has simimed up the work of officers and menmIk), for four years, jioliced that seaboard of three tliousandmiles: Their task was the more arduous on account of itsextreme monotony. To the watches and fatigues of every kindMhich the duties of the blockade involved, there were added dif-ficulties of another character. It was necessary to instruct thenewly recruited crews, to train officers who had be
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . n-tinent soon learned, and for those engaged in it, it was workof serious character. The Comte de Paris, in his History ofthe Civil War, has simimed up the work of officers and menmIk), for four years, jioliced that seaboard of three tliousandmiles: Their task was the more arduous on account of itsextreme monotony. To the watches and fatigues of every kindMhich the duties of the blockade involved, there were added dif-ficulties of another character. It was necessary to instruct thenewly recruited crews, to train officers who had been takenfrom the merchant navy, and to ascertain, under the worstpossible circumstances, the good and bad qualities of merchantvessels too quickly converted into men of war. In these junc-tures the Federal navy displayed a perseverance, a devotion,and a knowledge of its profession which reflects as much honorupon it as its more brilliant feats of arms. Before the blockade was six months old, the AtlanticSquadron Avas divided in two. Flag-Officer Goldsborough. mmi When the war broke out, SamuelPhiOips Lee, who was born in Vir-ginia in 1811, had already seentwenty-six years of ahnost continu-ous ser\ice. During the CivilWar he was frequently shifted,but everywhere set an example tothe service. At the passage of FortsJackson and St. Phillip he com-manded the sloop-of-war fought conspicuously in the battlesof the Mississippi, from New Orleansto Vicksburg. In July of 18G2 hewas placed in command of the NorthAtlantic blockading squadron, mak-ing the blockade more effective thanever. Late in the war, in the suimucrof 04, he was transferred to the Mis-sissippi squadron, keeping the (um-berland River open for the army. ADMIRAL S. P. LEE NORTH ATLANTIC BLOCKADINC, SQUADRON, ISOiJ
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