. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . ;) HUGER, COMMANDER OF THE McREA IN THE FEARLESS CONFEDERATE FLOTH^LA Never were braver deeds done by men afloat in ships than were performed b^- the Southern officers and sailorsof the little flotilla of gunboats and river craft that joined with the great forts ashore in disputing the passageof Farraguts fleet up the river. The ram Manassas, whose thin plating was pierced through and through,charged again and again at the towering wooden walls of the oncoming ships. She struck the Mississippi,wounding her badly, and all but sank t
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . ;) HUGER, COMMANDER OF THE McREA IN THE FEARLESS CONFEDERATE FLOTH^LA Never were braver deeds done by men afloat in ships than were performed b^- the Southern officers and sailorsof the little flotilla of gunboats and river craft that joined with the great forts ashore in disputing the passageof Farraguts fleet up the river. The ram Manassas, whose thin plating was pierced through and through,charged again and again at the towering wooden walls of the oncoming ships. She struck the Mississippi,wounding her badly, and all but sank the Brooklyn. The men on the little tug Mosher, which pushedthe fire-raft against the Hartford, sank with their vessel. Desperate deeds of courage were performed byevery Confederate gunboat engaged in the battle. Commander Kennon, of the Governor Moore, in his duelwith the Varuna, fired through the bows of his own ship. On board the McRea, a little sea-going steambarkentine but lightly armed. Commander Thomas B. Huger was killed. It was a remarkable coinciden
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