Young folks' history of the United States . SHERIDAN S RIDE. was sunk; Captain Semmes and his men being pickedup by an English yacht. Another brilliant naval action during this year was capture oithat won in Mobile Bay by Admiral Farragut, Aug. 5. ^°^®-The bay was a great resort for blockade-runners: it wasdefended by two forts, by torpedoes set in the narrowchannel, and by an iron-plated ram of great power. 314 YOUNG FOLKS UNITED STATES. — the Tennessee. Farragut had to meet these ob-stacles with wooden ships, aided by a few monitors,one of which was soon struck by a torpedo, and wentdown wit
Young folks' history of the United States . SHERIDAN S RIDE. was sunk; Captain Semmes and his men being pickedup by an English yacht. Another brilliant naval action during this year was capture oithat won in Mobile Bay by Admiral Farragut, Aug. 5. ^°^®-The bay was a great resort for blockade-runners: it wasdefended by two forts, by torpedoes set in the narrowchannel, and by an iron-plated ram of great power. 314 YOUNG FOLKS UNITED STATES. — the Tennessee. Farragut had to meet these ob-stacles with wooden ships, aided by a few monitors,one of which was soon struck by a torpedo, and wentdown with her crew. Farragut had provided falsebows of iron with which his wooden ships might chargethe ram; and this dangerous vessel was at length dis-abled, and surrendered with the forts. Destruc-tion of DESTRUCTION OF THE ALBEMARLE. Still another encounter, and probably the mostdaring naval action of the w^ar, was that in which apowerful ram, the Albemarle, was destroyed atnight (Oct. 27, 1864) by a torpedo from a steam-launchcommanded by Lieutenant Gushing, who had volun-teered for this dangerous duty. His boat was itselfsunk by the shock of the torpedo; and only the com- SHERMAN S MARCH TO THE SEA. 3I5 mander and one of his crew were saved, — by swim-ming, — under close fire from the ram. But the main event of this year was the campaign of ShermansGeneral Sherman in Tennessee, and his march across the State of Georgia to Savannah. The object was tocut off the supplies of the Confederates, and break uptheir railroad communications. The campaign beganearly in May, 1864. Sherman had to conduct his armythrough a series of mountain regions and passes bris*tling with fortifications, which had to be carried withgreat loss. He took the important town of Atlanta,Ga., and then be
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