. The Civil War through the camera : hundreds of vivid photographs actually taken in Civil War times, together with Elson's new history . victory in Mobile Bay. of August. 18G4. When Gustavus V. Fox, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, proposedthe capture of New Orleans from the southward he was regarded as utterly foolhardy. All that was needed, however, to make Foxsplan succcssfid was the man with spirit enough to undertake it and judgment sufficient to carry it out. Here on the deck of the fine newsloop-of-war that had been assigned to him as flagship, stands the man who had just accomplished
. The Civil War through the camera : hundreds of vivid photographs actually taken in Civil War times, together with Elson's new history . victory in Mobile Bay. of August. 18G4. When Gustavus V. Fox, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, proposedthe capture of New Orleans from the southward he was regarded as utterly foolhardy. All that was needed, however, to make Foxsplan succcssfid was the man with spirit enough to undertake it and judgment sufficient to carry it out. Here on the deck of the fine newsloop-of-war that had been assigned to him as flagship, stands the man who had just accomplished a greater feat that made him a worldfigure as famous as Nelson. The Confederacy had found its great general among its owti people, but the great admiral of the war,although of Southern birth, had refused to fight against the flag for which, as a boy in the War of 1S12, he had seen men die. Fullof the fighting spirit of the old navy, he was able to achieve the first great victory that gave new hope to the Federal Drayton was also a Southerner, a Soutli Carolinian, whose brothers and uncles were fighting for the FAR BY GRAY MORGANS WALLS—THE MOBILE BAY FORT, BATTERED BY FARRAGUTS GUNS How formidable was Farraguts undertaking in foreing his wayinto Mobile Bay is apparent from these photographs. For woodenvessels to pass Morgan and Gaines, two of the strongest forts onthe eoast, was pronounced by experts most foolhardy. Besides,the channel was planted with torpedoes that might blow theships to atoms, and within the bay was the Confederate ram Damn the torpedoes! shouted Farragut. Go ahead, CaptainDrayton. Four bells. Finding that the smoke from the gunsobstructed the view from the deck, Farragut ascended to therigging of the main mast, where he was in great danger of beingstruck and of falling to the deck. The captain accordinglyordered a quartermaster to tie him in the shrouds. The Hart- Tennessee, thought to be the most powerful ironclad ever put ford, un
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