Our three admirals, Farragut, Porter, Dewey; an authentic account of the heroic characters, distinguished careers, and memorable achievements of the three officers, who have attained the highest rank in the navy of the United States .. . demned, but being finally adopted, was success-fully accomplished. Three thousand men, keptat work night and day, constructed dams oneither side of the river, leaving a stream sixty-five feet wide, which permitted the safe passageof all the fleet. The expedition was a total failure through theincompetence and dilatory policy of GeneralBanks, who suffered a sev
Our three admirals, Farragut, Porter, Dewey; an authentic account of the heroic characters, distinguished careers, and memorable achievements of the three officers, who have attained the highest rank in the navy of the United States .. . demned, but being finally adopted, was success-fully accomplished. Three thousand men, keptat work night and day, constructed dams oneither side of the river, leaving a stream sixty-five feet wide, which permitted the safe passageof all the fleet. The expedition was a total failure through theincompetence and dilatory policy of GeneralBanks, who suffered a severe defeat at the handsof General Thomas Green, and would probablyhave been annihilated but for Porters timelyappearance with his gunboats. Flushed withvictory the Confederates boldly attacked theFederal fleet, calculating that the lofty banks ofthe river, the low water, and the grounding ofmost of the vessels would enable them to makeshort work of Porter. But the gunboats openeda galling fire that resulted in routing the enemy, 64 OUR THREE ADMIRALS. and in the death of General Green. Later, onPorters representation, Banks was relieved byGeneral Canby, and although in some quartersattempts were made to shift part of the blame on. THE BOMBARDMENT OF FORT FISHER. From a wartimt woodcut, i Porter, public opinion awarded him the fullmeasure of praise for his share in the unfortunateundertaking. In September, 1864, he was placed in com-mand of the North Atlantic Squadron, andordered to co-operate with General Butler in thereduction of Fort Fisher and the other defenses PORTER. 65 of Wilmington, N. C. On the night of Decem-ber 24, 1864, he began a bombardment of thefort with a fleet of thirty-five attack onvessels, five of which were iron- FORT FISHERclads, and in about an hour its guns weresilenced. General Butler, however, conclud-ing that the works were not materially in-jured, and could not be carried by assault, re-turned to Hampton Roads. But Porter, who wasof a different opin
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