Abraham Lincoln : a history . fakeaguts victoey 257 quiet village on the Hudson. The Government him at very necessary and useful but notprominent service ; and for nine months, during allthe first heat and tumult of the rebellion, he re-mained comparatively unnoticed. But he lost noth-ing by biding his time; the department had notoverlooked him, and it now entrusted him with atask, the successful performance of which withinthree months brought him immediate and world-wide renown. About a month after Porter went toNew York to prepare his mortar flotilla, CaptainFarragut was calle
Abraham Lincoln : a history . fakeaguts victoey 257 quiet village on the Hudson. The Government him at very necessary and useful but notprominent service ; and for nine months, during allthe first heat and tumult of the rebellion, he re-mained comparatively unnoticed. But he lost noth-ing by biding his time; the department had notoverlooked him, and it now entrusted him with atask, the successful performance of which withinthree months brought him immediate and world-wide renown. About a month after Porter went toNew York to prepare his mortar flotilla, CaptainFarragut was called to Washington and confiden-tially informed of the duty he was expected to un-dertake. In return, Mr. Welles says, he gave hisunqualified approval of the original plan, adoptedit with enthusiasm, said it was the true way toget to New Orleans, and offered to run by the fortswith even a less number of vessels than we werepreparing for him, provided that number couldnot be supplied. . While he would not haveadvised the mortar
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