. The naval history of the Civil War . ded down the river to Fort Pillow,which they found to be abandoned. Capt. Davis sent for Col. Fitch U. S. A. (108) THE NAVAL HISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR. 169 and turned over the fort to him. This officerbrought a detachment of his troops overin a transport without delay, and theAmerican flag- was soon floating over thisstronghold, which at one time seemed ableto defy all the gun-boats and armies of theRepublic. Large army spoils were captured, andmany heavy guns (40 at least); for althoughthe Confederates had set fire to the works,they had neglected to make
. The naval history of the Civil War . ded down the river to Fort Pillow,which they found to be abandoned. Capt. Davis sent for Col. Fitch U. S. A. (108) THE NAVAL HISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR. 169 and turned over the fort to him. This officerbrought a detachment of his troops overin a transport without delay, and theAmerican flag- was soon floating over thisstronghold, which at one time seemed ableto defy all the gun-boats and armies of theRepublic. Large army spoils were captured, andmany heavy guns (40 at least); for althoughthe Confederates had set fire to the works,they had neglected to make the destruction At 8 p. m. the fleet anchored at the lowerend of Island No. 45, a mile and a halfabove the City of Memphis. The mortar-boats, tow-boats, ordnance and commissaryvessels, anchored for the night at Island 44. At daylight the enemys fleet of ramsand gun-boats, now numbering eight ves-sels, was discovered lying at the levee atMemphis. They dropped below RailroadPoint, and returning again arranged them-selves below the REAR-ADMIRAL CHAS. H. DAVIS. complete and retired with their usual pre-cipitancy. At noon the fleet again steamed downthe river, leaving- the Pittsburg andMound City to co-operate with the Army. At a bend in tbe river on the way down,a Confederate transport came in sight ofthe fleet, but turned and attempted toescape. She was captured by a fast tug,with a body of armed men. under the com-mand of Lieut. Joshua Bishop: she provedto be a valuable prize. At the Union flotilla got under wayin the following order : Flagship Phelps: Louisville. Com. Dove; Carondelet. Com. H. Walke;Cairo, N. E. Bryant; Nelson McGunnegle. They dropped down the river accordingto signal, and prepared for battle. TheConfederate gun-boats opened fire upon ourfleet as it moved down, with the seemingintention of having the city injured by thereturn fire; but due care was taken in re-
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