. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . Bailey pushed on with his work and ineleven days he succeeded in so raising thewater in the channel that all the Federalvessels were able to pass down below theFalls. Words are inadequate, said Ad-miral Porter, in his report, to express theadmiration I feel for the ability of Bailey. This is without doubt thebest engineering feat ever performed. . .The highest honors the Government canliestow on Colonel Bailey can never repayhim for the service he has re
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . Bailey pushed on with his work and ineleven days he succeeded in so raising thewater in the channel that all the Federalvessels were able to pass down below theFalls. Words are inadequate, said Ad-miral Porter, in his report, to express theadmiration I feel for the ability of Bailey. This is without doubt thebest engineering feat ever performed. . .The highest honors the Government canliestow on Colonel Bailey can never repayhim for the service he has rendered theI ountry. For this achievement Baileywas promoted to colonel, brevetted briga-dier general, voted the thanks of Congress,and presented with a sword and a purse of$.3.(K)(t by the officers of Porters fleet. Hesettled in Missouri after the war and was aformidable enemj- of the Bushwhackerstill he was shot by them on March 21, was born at Salem, Ohio, April 28,1827. COLONEL JOSEPH B.\ILEY IN 1864 THE MAX WHO SAVED THE FLEET. Copyright by Review of Reviews Co. READY FOR HER BAPTISM This powerful gunboat, the Lafayette, though accompanying Admiral Porter on the Red River expedition, was not one of those en-trapped at Alexandria. Her heavy draft precluded her being taken above the Falls. Here we see her lying above \icksburg in thespring of 1863. She and her sister ship, the Choctaw, were side-wheel steamers altered into casemate ironclads with rams. TheLafayette had the stronger armament, carrying two 11-inch Dahlgrens forward, four 9-inch guns in the broadside, and two 24-pound howitzers, with two 100-pound Parrott guns astern. She and the Chodaw were the most important acquisitions to Portersfleet toward the end of 1862. The Lafayette was built and armed for heavy fighting. She got her first taste of it on the night ofApril 16, 1863, when Porter took part of his fleet past the Vicksburg batteries to support Grants crossing of the river in anadvance on Vicksburg f
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