. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . BOLD BLOCKADERS—THE PAUL JONES This fast side-wheel steamer under Commander C. Steedman saw her first active service in the war in followingup the advantages gained by the Federal navy at Port Royal. July 29, 1862, she led three other gunboats up theOgeechee River to the first attack upon Fort McAllister. The following October she led the expedition to Floridawhich captured the Confederate batteries on St. Johns Bluff. The following year, under Commander A. C. Rhind,s
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . BOLD BLOCKADERS—THE PAUL JONES This fast side-wheel steamer under Commander C. Steedman saw her first active service in the war in followingup the advantages gained by the Federal navy at Port Royal. July 29, 1862, she led three other gunboats up theOgeechee River to the first attack upon Fort McAllister. The following October she led the expedition to Floridawhich captured the Confederate batteries on St. Johns Bluff. The following year, under Commander A. C. Rhind,she was with the fleet of Rear-Admiral Dahlgren, which captured Fort Wagner on Morris Island in Charleston Har-bor, July IStli. Of her seven guns, two were 50-poiuider rifles and one a 100-pounder, which made her a very efficientblockader. The trim little gunboat Marblehead (shown below), rating something over five hundred tons, wasactive throughout the war. In April, 1862, under the command of Lieutenant S. Nicholson, she was in theChesapeake aiding McClellan in his operations before Yorktown. In February, 1863, she joi
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