. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . ad determined upon his venturesome movement upon the city from the Farragut. who had come up from the Re<l River, requested General Alfred W. Ellet to let him have two ofthe ram fleet to run the batteries in order to augment the blockade of the Red River. On March , 1803, Lieutenant-Colonel.!. A. Ellet. in command of the Lancaster, with his nephew, Charles Rivers Ellet. in command of the Switzer-land, chose a time near daylight for the attempt. The
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . ad determined upon his venturesome movement upon the city from the Farragut. who had come up from the Re<l River, requested General Alfred W. Ellet to let him have two ofthe ram fleet to run the batteries in order to augment the blockade of the Red River. On March , 1803, Lieutenant-Colonel.!. A. Ellet. in command of the Lancaster, with his nephew, Charles Rivers Ellet. in command of the Switzer-land, chose a time near daylight for the attempt. These Ellets were all brave fellows and were full of the spirit ofadventure, said .\dmiral Porter. Scorning the cover of darkness, they got abreast of the batteries, which promptlyopened on them in a thundering chorus. K shell exploded the boilers of the Lancaster and she went to pieces and sankalmost immediately. The Switzerland had her boilers perforated by a plunging shot and received other injuries, butshe got through; and in her and in other of the Ellet rams. Charles Rivers Ellet performed other distinguished
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