. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . THE GUNS OF THE SAUCY TEASER. rjl i*N<. I r- J* ^PpWi, ^?^^-^.5»^ ■ ■ ■^ - - ^v ONE OF THE FIRST CONFEDERATE GUNBOATS Before the completion of the ironcladVirginia,(Merrimac,) the Confed-erate navy had but five small steamersin the James River to oppose eightof the largest Federal vessels at Hamp-ton Roads. The Teaser was ariver-tug mounting but one gun at thetime, yet in the engagement in whichthe Virginia first appeared theTeaser, under command of Lieu-tenant W. A. Webb, C. S. N., boldlyused her one gun against the Federalshor
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . THE GUNS OF THE SAUCY TEASER. rjl i*N<. I r- J* ^PpWi, ^?^^-^.5»^ ■ ■ ■^ - - ^v ONE OF THE FIRST CONFEDERATE GUNBOATS Before the completion of the ironcladVirginia,(Merrimac,) the Confed-erate navy had but five small steamersin the James River to oppose eightof the largest Federal vessels at Hamp-ton Roads. The Teaser was ariver-tug mounting but one gun at thetime, yet in the engagement in whichthe Virginia first appeared theTeaser, under command of Lieu-tenant W. A. Webb, C. S. N., boldlyused her one gun against the Federalshore battery of sixty. In the upperpicture this gun appears, a 12-pounderrifle. Its exposed position is evidenceof the courage that was necessary toman it. In the lower picture is seen THE TEASERS32-POUNDER. t lie 32-pounder that was added to theTeasers armament later. Withonly these two guns she encounteredboth the Maratanza and theMonitor, near Haxalls, on theJames River, July 4, 1862, and re-plied valiantly to their fire. The thirdof the Federal shots, however, piercedher boiler, and her crew were forcedto desert her. Many of the vesselsprocured by the Confederates to pieceout its navy were no better built andsome not so hea\ily armed as theTeaser, yet in river and harbor, insound and at sea, with few guns theywere fought as valiantly as vesselswere ever fought against heavy odds. Secretary JNIallory had started to build up his organization, un-(Hsmayed by the conditions that he was forced to contendasainst. There were many Southerners in the Federal navvwhose sympathies were with the new Government, and theirresignations were daily being handed to the authorities at^Vashington, and their services tendered to the ConfederateStates. IMany of the men who left the Federal service were com
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