. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . \Y()RK AFLOAT AND ASHORE—THE NAVAL STATION AT CAIROHere the Federal gunboats put in for supplies and minor repairs. The station at Cairo, first established by CaptainFoote in September, 1861, soon proved inadequate for the needs of the river squadrons, since all repairs had to be madein the water. The lower picture shows the naval station at Mound City. Here were laid the keels of tliree of theseries of the Eads ironclads, and here the unlucky Carondelet was repaired after her injuries at Fort Donelson. Thelarge force of shipwright
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . \Y()RK AFLOAT AND ASHORE—THE NAVAL STATION AT CAIROHere the Federal gunboats put in for supplies and minor repairs. The station at Cairo, first established by CaptainFoote in September, 1861, soon proved inadequate for the needs of the river squadrons, since all repairs had to be madein the water. The lower picture shows the naval station at Mound City. Here were laid the keels of tliree of theseries of the Eads ironclads, and here the unlucky Carondelet was repaired after her injuries at Fort Donelson. Thelarge force of shipwrights, carpenters, mechanics, and engineers was kept constantly at work, often night and was the only naval depot of the river fleet in the West. Said Admiral Porter in 1885: Tliose who remcinhcrthe navy-yard at Mound City, near Cairo, and the large fleet which grew from the small squadron first put afloat, willwonder wliy we should require so many navy-yards at the ]ircsent time, wlicn we hardly fit out a dozen vessels in a y< >ii;//////^//////^/j/j-^/-!/7r^/^// Tilghman, the commander of Fort Henry, tendered his surren-der to Foote before the land forces were able, on account of thebad roads, to put in an appearance. On February , FortDonelson, on the Cumberland River, invested by Grants army,was vigorously attacked by the same flotilla, with the exceptionof the LCiVington, Cincinnati, and Essdv, the latter having beenput out of action in the attack on Fort Henry by a shot throughher boilers. The fleet, however, was increased by the Louis-ville and Pittsburgh. Late in the afternoon of this day, the and Louisville were badly disabled. The casualtiesamong Footes vessels amounted to fifty-four in killed andwounded; among them, unfortunately, was the flag-oflicer him-self, who Avas struck by splinters in the arm and ankle, woundswhich, on account of his age, compelled him, three months later,to relinquish his command, and ultimately were instrumenta
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