. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . WORK AFLOAT AND ASHORE—THE ^■A^■.VL STATION AT CAIROHere the Federal gunboats put in for supplies and minor repairs. The station at Cairo, first established by CaplaiuFoote in September, 1861, soon proved inadequate for the needs of the river squadrons, since all repairs had to be madein the water. The lower picture shows the naval station at Mound City. Here were laid the keels of three of theseries of the Eads ironclads, and here the unlucky Carondelet was repaired
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . WORK AFLOAT AND ASHORE—THE ^■A^■.VL STATION AT CAIROHere the Federal gunboats put in for supplies and minor repairs. The station at Cairo, first established by CaplaiuFoote in September, 1861, soon proved inadequate for the needs of the river squadrons, since all repairs had to be madein the water. The lower picture shows the naval station at Mound City. Here were laid the keels of three of theseries of the Eads ironclads, and here the unlucky Carondelet was repaired after her injuries at Fort Donelson. Thelarge force of shipwrights, carpenters, mechanics, and engineers was kept constantlj at work, often night and was the only naval depot of the river fleet in the West. Said .\dmiral Porter in 1885: Those who rememberthe navy-yard at Motmd City, near Cairo, and the large fleet wliich grew from the small squadron first put afloat, willwontler why we should require so many navy-yards at the present tinie. when we hardly fit out a dozen vessels in a > 11 r/ r/j///>/^^r///j/^//i J J /f/T-TT- Tilghniaji, tlie commander of Fort Henry, tendered his surren-der to Foote before the land forces were able, on account of the])ad roads, to put in an appearance. On February l-ith, FortDonelson, on the Cumberland River, invested by Grants army,was vigorously attacked by the same flotilla, with the exceptionof the LLwington, Cincinnati, and Esscw, the latter having beenput out of action in the attack on Fort Henry by a shot throughlier l)oilers. The fleet, however, was increased by the IjOiiis-villc and Pitishiirgli. I^ate in the afternoon of this day, the and Lonisvillc were badly disabled. The casualtiesamong Footes vessels amounted to fifty-four in killed andwounded; among them, unfortunately, was tlie flag-otflccr him-self, who was struck by splinters in the arm and ankle, woundswhich, on account of his age, comjjel
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