. The blue coats and how they lived, fought and died for the Union : with scenes and incidents in the Great Rebellion comprising narratives of personal adventure, thrilling incidents, daring exploits, heroic deeds, wonderful escapes, life in the camp, field and hospital, adventures of spies and scouts, together with the songs, ballads, anecdotes and humorous incidents of the war . sloop-of-war, carrying twenty-six guns; the Eichmond, a vesselof the same class and armament; the side-wheel steamship Mississippi, with twenty-two eight and nine inch guns; the Monongahela, a smaller steam sloop-of-
. The blue coats and how they lived, fought and died for the Union : with scenes and incidents in the Great Rebellion comprising narratives of personal adventure, thrilling incidents, daring exploits, heroic deeds, wonderful escapes, life in the camp, field and hospital, adventures of spies and scouts, together with the songs, ballads, anecdotes and humorous incidents of the war . sloop-of-war, carrying twenty-six guns; the Eichmond, a vesselof the same class and armament; the side-wheel steamship Mississippi, with twenty-two eight and nine inch guns; the Monongahela, a smaller steam sloop-of-war, with sixteenheavy guns; and the gunboats Kineo, Albatross, Sachem, and Genesee, each carrying three columbiads,and two rifled thirty-two pounders, together with six mortarboats, intended to assist in the bombardment, but not toattempt the passage of the batteries. On the morning of the fourteenth of April, the squadronhaving ascended the river from New Orleans, anchored offProphets island, and the mortar boats took their position,and early in the afternoon commenced a vigorous bombard-ment of the rebel works. At half-past nine oclock in theevening, a red light from the flag-ship signaled the ships andgunboats to weigh anchor. The Hartford led, the Alba-tross being lashed on her starboard side; the Eichmondfollowed, having the Genesee lashed to her; next came the buBUC. PASSAGE OF THE PORT HUDSON BATTERIES. 467 Monongahela and the Kineo, while the Mississippiand the Sachem brought up the rear. The mortar boats,from their sheltered anchorage, were prepared to renew theirbombardment with marked effect so soon as it should benecessary. Signal lights were flashing along the rebel batteries, show-ing that they were awake to the movements of the Unionsquadron. Soon the gleam of a fire kindled by the rebelswas seen, which blazed higher and more brilliant till itsflashes illumined the whole river opposite the batteries withlight of day. This immense bonfire was directly in front of
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