. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . ilding at ^Memphis when the capture of that city^vas antici2)ated by the destruction of one of them. The workon the ^Irkctnsas was far enough advanced for her to be takento Yazoo City for the finishing touches. The Unif)n fleet Avasnot unduly terrified by tales of the monster, but neverthelessFarragut and Davis determined to find out what they couldabout her. Three vessels were chosen for the reconnaissance—the ironclad CarondcJct, the wooden Ti/lcr, and the Ellet ramQueen of the IJ^cst. Bravely they steamed up the Yazoo ontlie mor
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . ilding at ^Memphis when the capture of that city^vas antici2)ated by the destruction of one of them. The workon the ^Irkctnsas was far enough advanced for her to be takento Yazoo City for the finishing touches. The Unif)n fleet Avasnot unduly terrified by tales of the monster, but neverthelessFarragut and Davis determined to find out what they couldabout her. Three vessels were chosen for the reconnaissance—the ironclad CarondcJct, the wooden Ti/lcr, and the Ellet ramQueen of the IJ^cst. Bravely they steamed up the Yazoo ontlie morning of July loth, but before they had gone more thansix miles they encountered the Arliansas, under the commandof Captahi Isaac X. Brown, coming down the river. The Carondelct, though supported at a distance by theTijlcr, fled before her stronger antagonist, being raked fromstem to stern, struck several times with solid shot, and savedfrom destruction only by running into shallow water where [196] •WT^ m iif///i ih mm f//^/A %& \% / %{/ ^^m / -v ^^c. THE WORK OF THE BESIEGERS Battery Sherman, on the Jackson Road, before Vicksburg. Setthng down to a siege did not mean idlenessfor Grants army. Fortifications had to be opposed to the formidable one of the Confederates and a con-stant bombardment kept up to silence their guns, one by one. It was to be a drawn-out duel in whichPeml)erton, hoping for the long-delayed relief from Johnston, held out bravely against starvation and evenmutiny. For twelve miles the Federal lines stretched around Vicksburg, investing it to the river bank,north and south. ]More than eighty-nine battery positions were constructed l)y the Federals. BatterySherman was exceptionally well built—not merely revetted with rails or cotton-bales and floored withrough timber, as lack of proper material often made necessary. Gradually the lines were drawn closer andcloser as the Federals moved up tlieir guns to silence the works that they had failed to take in ]
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