. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . n to cooperate in Grants great military move-ment that was to bring the war to a close. In February, Acting Rcar-.\dmiral S. P. Lee, commandingthe North .\tlantic squadron, was ready to assist General Butler with gunboats in the James and YorkKivers. The admiral himself remained with his main squadron at Fortress Monroe to convey Butlersexpedition to Bermuda Himdred. After that general got himself bottled up and. despite the protestsof .Vdmiral Lee, had sunk obstructi
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . n to cooperate in Grants great military move-ment that was to bring the war to a close. In February, Acting Rcar-.\dmiral S. P. Lee, commandingthe North .\tlantic squadron, was ready to assist General Butler with gunboats in the James and YorkKivers. The admiral himself remained with his main squadron at Fortress Monroe to convey Butlersexpedition to Bermuda Himdred. After that general got himself bottled up and. despite the protestsof .Vdmiral Lee, had sunk obstructions in the James to prevent the Confederate gimboats from comingdown, the Xirginia and her consorts came down to reeonnoiter the cliaraeter of the .\gawam, under Commander .K. C. Rhind, was lying below Battery Dantzler. with sexeralmonitors. They were engaged by the fortification and by the Confederate gimboats concealed behindtlie Point. The Federal vessels A promptly returned the fire and kept u]) the battle for six hours, inflicting ^ .^s^^^==^ /i considerable damage on the fort. •> r 2zr _c f- ^^. Sinpnrtaiit ^aual iEugagrmruts at tl^r (Htutl War 15.— Confed. ram Arkiuiscis camedown the Yazoo River and engaged tilePederal gunboats Carondelet and Tyler,and ram Queen of the West. The ramsucceeded in escaping to V^icksburg. 23.—Confed. steamer Reliance captured byU. S. steamer Iluntsville.—Unsuccessful attempt made to sinkthe Confed. ram Arkunsas, at Vicksburg,by Lieut-Col. Ellet, with the Union ramQueen of the West and ironclad ,Commander W. D. Porter. 39.—Attack on Fort James, on the OgeeclieeRiver, Ga., by Federal gunboats re-pulsed. AUGUST, 1863. 6.— Destruction of Confed. ram Arkansasby her commander, Lieut. Stevens, atBaton Rouge, — Phelps with 3 gunboatsand -i rams, and tlie 58th and 76th Ohioin transports, left Helena, Ark., saileddown the Mississijij)! to Millikcns Bend,where they cajjtured the ste
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