. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . ted upon that position by thecurious little craft—one of which wesee tied up to the wharf in the lowerpicture. Secure in the knowledgethat Beauregards presence with alarge force at Corinth had precludedthe Federal land attack. GeneralAillepigue awoke one morning to thesound of bursting shells which a Fed-eral mortar boat was rapidly droppingover his ramparts. Every day there-after, Flag-OiBcer Foote continued topay compliments to Fort Pillow down a mortar b
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . ted upon that position by thecurious little craft—one of which wesee tied up to the wharf in the lowerpicture. Secure in the knowledgethat Beauregards presence with alarge force at Corinth had precludedthe Federal land attack. GeneralAillepigue awoke one morning to thesound of bursting shells which a Fed-eral mortar boat was rapidly droppingover his ramparts. Every day there-after, Flag-OiBcer Foote continued topay compliments to Fort Pillow down a mortar boat towedby a gunboat of the type seen in thepicture. There was nothing for theConfederates to do but take to theirbomb-proofs, so long as the Federalgunners continued the last General \illepigue, chafingunder the damage done to his works,called urgently upon the Confederate flotilla to come up and put an end to the mortar boats. Earlyon the morning of May 10, 1862, the day after Flag-OfBcerFoote went North, leaving Captain Davis in charge of theFederal flotilla, the Cincinnati towed mortar No. 16 down to. GENER.^L J. B. VILLEPUiUE THE DEFENDER OF FORT PILLOW the usual position for shelling thefort, and then tied up to the edge ofthe stream to protect her. Themortar fired her first shot at fiveoclock. One hour and a half laterthe eight rams of the ConfederateRiver Defense fleet suddenly and un-expectedly appeared bearing downupon the Cincinnali. The latterquickly slipped her moorings, andopened her bow guns upon the ap-proaching vessels. One of these, theGeneral Bragg, passed quickly abovethe Federal ironclad, turned andstruck her a violent blow on the star-board quarter. After that the Braggdisappeared down the river, but theGeneral Price and the Sumter con-tinued the attack. One struck theCincinnaH again, but the other re-ceived a shot through her boilers fromthe Benton, and this ended her part ofthe fight. The wounded Cincinnatiwas helped to the shore and su
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