. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . THE GUN-BOATS AT BELMONT AND FORT HENRY. BY HENRY WALKE, REAR-ADMIRAL, U. S. AT the liegiuniiig of the war, the army aud navy- were mostly emiiloyed iu protecting the loyall^eople who resided on the liorders of the disaffectedStates, and in reconciling those whose s^iinpathieswere opposed. But the defeat at Manassas and otherreverses con\ the Government of the seiioiischaracter of the contest, and of the necessity of morevigorous and extensive preparations for war. OurTH
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . THE GUN-BOATS AT BELMONT AND FORT HENRY. BY HENRY WALKE, REAR-ADMIRAL, U. S. AT the liegiuniiig of the war, the army aud navy- were mostly emiiloyed iu protecting the loyall^eople who resided on the liorders of the disaffectedStates, and in reconciling those whose s^iinpathieswere opposed. But the defeat at Manassas and otherreverses con\ the Government of the seiioiischaracter of the contest, and of the necessity of morevigorous and extensive preparations for war. OurTHE , ■• AT FORT „E«R,. i^slvj yards weve soon filled s\-ith workmen; reeniit-ing stations for unemployed seamen were established, and we soon had moresailors than were required for the ships that could be fitted for service. Artil-lerymen for the defenses of Washington being scarce, five hundred of thesesailors, with a battalion of marines (for guard duty), were sent to occiipythe forts on Shuters Hill, near Alexandria. The Feiisacola and the Potomacflotilla aud the soal>oard navy yards required nearly all of the remainingun(nii)loyed seamen. WliUe Foot(» was improvisin
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