. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . OCEAN TRANSPORT AT CHARLESTON THE DECK OF THE ARAGO Army transports represented all typesof river craft and sea-going , propellers, tugs, barges,and canal boats were all utilized forthis important service. The vesselsshown upon this page were used formoving regiments, brigades, divisions,and even entire corps from point topoint along the rivers and up anddown the Atlantic coast-line. The. Arago had been one of the great side-wheel ocean-liners plying betweenNew York and Liverpool in the dayspreceding the war. She
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . OCEAN TRANSPORT AT CHARLESTON THE DECK OF THE ARAGO Army transports represented all typesof river craft and sea-going , propellers, tugs, barges,and canal boats were all utilized forthis important service. The vesselsshown upon this page were used formoving regiments, brigades, divisions,and even entire corps from point topoint along the rivers and up anddown the Atlantic coast-line. The. Arago had been one of the great side-wheel ocean-liners plying betweenNew York and Liverpool in the dayspreceding the war. She was especiallydesirable for the transportation oflarge bodies of troops along theSouthern coast. The WashingtonIrving in the lower picture was aNorth River passenger-boat loaned orleased to the Federal Government. TRANSPORT ON THE APPOMATTOX
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