. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . lames lighting up the river. She had grounded under the ^-ery guns of a battery, and not until actuallj drivenoff by the flames did her men leave her. When the Mississippi grounded, the shock threw her lieutenant-commander into the river,and in confusion he swam toward the shore; then, turning about, he swam back to his ship. Captain Smith thus writes in his report:I consider that I should be neglecting a most important duty should I omit to mention the coolness of my executi\-e officer, , and the steady, fearless, and gall
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . lames lighting up the river. She had grounded under the ^-ery guns of a battery, and not until actuallj drivenoff by the flames did her men leave her. When the Mississippi grounded, the shock threw her lieutenant-commander into the river,and in confusion he swam toward the shore; then, turning about, he swam back to his ship. Captain Smith thus writes in his report:I consider that I should be neglecting a most important duty should I omit to mention the coolness of my executi\-e officer, , and the steady, fearless, and gallant manner in which the officers and men of the Mississippi defended her, and the orderlyand quiet manner in which she was abandoned after being thirty-five minutes aground under the fire of the enemys batteries. Therewas no confusion in embarking the crew-, and the only noise was from the enemys cannon. Lieutenant-Commander George Dewey,here mentioned at the age of 26, was to exemplify in Manila Bay on May 1, 1898, the lessons he was learning from (@n tV iltsatsst|i^t ^ -^ -^ ^ -^ ^ lot of craft, under the control of the army, and known as theRiver Defense Fleet. They were river steamers, with bowsenclosed in iron, and were designed for use as rams. Fourteenvessels in all were thus prejDared, and eight were sent up theriver in charge of Captain James E. INIontgomery to try con-clusions with Flag-Officer Footes powerful ironclads. Theojjjiortunity was not long in coming. Foote, suffering from the wovmd received at Fort Donel-son, was relieved by Captain Charles H. Davis on May new commander, who was soon to be promoted to flag-offi-cer, selected the Benton, commanded by Lieutenant S. L. Phelps,as his flagshij). On JNIay 10th, the bombardment of Fort Pil-low by the mortar-boats, which had been going on since the 14thof April, was unexpectedly interrupted by the advance of theRiver Defense Fleet, which came up bravely from its positionunder the guns of the fort
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