. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . )roved the hitherto undemonstrated fact that unarmored ves-sels of heavy broadsides kept in constant motion by the powerof steam could set aside the vaunted superiority of well-j^lacedand well-fought batteries ashore. Along the Atlantic coast were innumerable indentations [1121 \o. OFFICERS ON DECK OF THE U. S. S. RHODE ISLAND This proved to be one of the most useful of tlie vessels purchased by the Navy Department duringthe war. Commissioned in May, 1861, she was one of the last of the Federal warships to go outof service, June, 1
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . )roved the hitherto undemonstrated fact that unarmored ves-sels of heavy broadsides kept in constant motion by the powerof steam could set aside the vaunted superiority of well-j^lacedand well-fought batteries ashore. Along the Atlantic coast were innumerable indentations [1121 \o. OFFICERS ON DECK OF THE U. S. S. RHODE ISLAND This proved to be one of the most useful of tlie vessels purchased by the Navy Department duringthe war. Commissioned in May, 1861, she was one of the last of the Federal warships to go outof service, June, 1865. During tlie entire war she was commanded by Commander (later Rear-Admiral) Stephen Decatur Trcnchard. At the time this picture was taken at Cape Hayticn, herexecutive officers were Lieutenant Pennell, Lieutenant Farquhar, and Master Rodney oflBcers were Chief-Engineer McCutcheon, Captains Clerk F. C. T. Beck, Paymaster Douglas, Paymasters Clerk, Langdon Rodgers. She had first been employed as a specialdespatch-boat for the rapid transmission of Government orders to all squadron commanders. Herspeed proved so great that she was soon converted into a heavily armed cruiser (twelve guns) andsent to West Indian waters to search for Confederate privateers and blockade-runners. She madenumerous prizes and was subsequen
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