. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . hat this fortitied island would be the final stopping i)lace ofall hostile vessels on the great river, that none could pass itw ithout being blown out of the water by the powerful batteries. m •^ !^ t&^Mm X THE RETREAT DOWN THE RIVER. The Flag-ship of the Confederate Fleet atIsland No. 10.—Below the dreaded batteryat Island No. 10, lay Commodore GeorgeN. HoUins, with his flag-ship, the McRaeand seven other Confederate gunboats,holding in check the Federal troops chafingto cross the river and get at the inferiorforce of the enemy on
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . hat this fortitied island would be the final stopping i)lace ofall hostile vessels on the great river, that none could pass itw ithout being blown out of the water by the powerful batteries. m •^ !^ t&^Mm X THE RETREAT DOWN THE RIVER. The Flag-ship of the Confederate Fleet atIsland No. 10.—Below the dreaded batteryat Island No. 10, lay Commodore GeorgeN. HoUins, with his flag-ship, the McRaeand seven other Confederate gunboats,holding in check the Federal troops chafingto cross the river and get at the inferiorforce of the enemy on the other opposing fleet was further strength-ened by a powerful floating battery whiclicould be pushed about by the gunboatsand anchored at the most effective the Carondelet accomplished herdaring feat of passing Island No. 10 on thenight of April -tth, creeping stealthily bythis boasted battery and cutting it off fromits convoys, the men who manned it cutloose from their moorings and drifteddown to the protection of Commodore. COMMODORE GEORGE N. HOLLINS, HoUins vigilant fleet. All was at onceactivity on board the Confederate Hollins did not court a meet-ing to try conclusions witli llie powerfulEads gunboats and tin- mortar boats,which he supposed were all making theirway down upon liiin. The flag at tliemasthead of the McRuc quickly signaledthe order to weigh anchor, and the Con-federate squadron, dropping slowly down-stream, confined its activities tu stormingPopes batteries on the Missouri shorebelow New Madrid. Farragut, threaten-ing New Orleans, had caused the with-drawal of every available Confederate gun-boat from the upper river, and the remain-ing river defense fleet under CommodoreHollins was not equal to the task of stand-ing up to the determined and aggressiveattempt of the Federals to seize and holdpossession of the upper Mississippi.
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